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UAL574 United

Boeing 737-8 · N27292 · SFO → ?

· 2:14Quality 92side-on

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
91%
First lockfrom target selected
3.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.09° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.24° / 0.40°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
73.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
114.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.11° / 0.23°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.73° / 1.77°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.92°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.50°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.55°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.46°
Zoom steps
29

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL574
Registration
N27292
Type
Boeing 737-8
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
270 kt
Altitude at closest
7,925 ft
Vertical rate
+2,752 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a2b198

Pass geometry

Max elevation
24.7°
Elevation at start → end
19.4° → 11.1°
Azimuth at start → end
293° WNW → 192° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
252° WSW
Minimum slant range
5.7 km
Heading at closest
174° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (77°)
Turn
straight (7°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:14 (134.0 s)
Lock
91%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16h — lock-first association on (A/B −40% tele gaps)
Commit
dfc3684
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
66.3 MB · 134.0 s · offset -1.3 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
-0.06
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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