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UAL1230 United

Boeing 737-8 · N17335 · YVR → SFO

· 2:56Quality 79lost lockside-onturned 29°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −79%). Download

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
Lock

Events

Tracking metrics

How well the camera kept the aircraft centred. Tap a metric for what it means and what good looks like.

Lockshare of the pass
89%
First lockfrom target selected
3.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.11° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.38° / 0.26°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
106.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
145.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.19° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.59° / 1.19°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.8
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.63°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.98°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.47°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.04°
Zoom steps
29

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1230
Registration
N17335
Type
Boeing 737-8
Airline
United
From
YVR · Vancouver
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
251 kt
Altitude at closest
11,500 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a12731

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.3°
Elevation at start → end
26.9° → 10.9°
Azimuth at start → end
330° NNW → 146° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
49° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
turned 29°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:56 (176.2 s)
Lock
89%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-16g — A/B lockFirst (mount prior on)
Commit
9bdc356
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
88.0 MB · 176.0 s · offset -1.4 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
maxSpeedStepFwps
0.45
speedReachFrac
0.8
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
sigmaGrowthDps
0.1
aimLeadSec
-0.11
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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