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UAL755 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N33284

· 3:15Quality 74soft focuslost lockside-onturned 25°

3D replay

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
93%
First lockfrom target selected
4.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.13° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.43° / 0.47°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
6.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
10.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
157.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.20° / 0.18°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.16° / 2.11°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.6
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.81°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.85°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.55°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.41°
Zoom steps
43

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL755
Registration
N33284
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
264 kt
Altitude at closest
11,500 ft
Vertical rate
-64 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a3a0ca

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.3°
Elevation at start → end
17.9° → 10.8°
Azimuth at start → end
327° NNW → 146° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned 25°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
3:15 (194.7 s)
Lock
93%

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
25.7 MB · 195.0 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
-0.19
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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