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UAL1995 United

Boeing 737 MAX 9 · N17402 · SFO → ?

· 2:28Quality 89side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −70%). 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
96%
First lockfrom target selected
5.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.11° / 0.11°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.32° / 0.28°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
75.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
133.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.18° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.47° / 0.87°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.5
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.21°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.80°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.50°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.77°
Zoom steps
24

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1995
Registration
N17402
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 9
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
272 kt
Altitude at closest
7,300 ft
Vertical rate
+2,752 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a12a7c

Pass geometry

Max elevation
34.8°
Elevation at start → end
18.4° → 11.8°
Azimuth at start → end
327° NNW → 195° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
264° W
Minimum slant range
3.8 km
Heading at closest
184° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (80°)
Turn
straight (7°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:28 (147.6 s)
Lock
96%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16i — lock-first on; shadow silhouette sky-masked
Commit
5610684
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
16.8 MB · 148.0 s · offset -1.7 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
-0.19
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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