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UAL1749 United

Boeing 737-8 · N37353 · SFO → OGG

· 1:13Quality 75lost locknose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −73%). 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
49%
First lockfrom target selected
22.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.30° / 0.85°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.48° / 4.55°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
24.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
35.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
18.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.29° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.21° / 0.60°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
4.3
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.92°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.07°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.01°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.17°
Zoom steps
93

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1749
Registration
N37353
Type
Boeing 737-8 (B38M)
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
OGG · Kahului
Ground speed
191 kt
Altitude at closest
1,050 ft
Vertical rate
+1,792 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a44213

Pass geometry

Max elevation
87.0°
Elevation at start → end
0.1° → 12.1°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
40° NE
Minimum slant range
342 m
Heading at closest
296° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (2°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:13 (73.1 s)
Lock
49%

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
36.5 MB · 73.0 s · offset -1.2 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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