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UAL2409 United

Boeing 737NG 924ER/W · N39416 · SFO → ?

· 0:30Quality 73soft focusjumpyside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −62%). 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
83%
First lockfrom target selected
4.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.16° / 0.27°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.81° / 1.09°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
10.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
16.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.19° / 0.27°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.28° / 1.13°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.95°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.96°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
2.08°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.28°
Zoom steps
36

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2409
Registration
N39416
Type
Boeing 737NG 924ER/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
268 kt
Altitude at closest
6,000 ft
Vertical rate
+3,072 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a4943f

Pass geometry

Max elevation
41.6°
Elevation at start → end
23.5° → 38.4°
Azimuth at start → end
338° NNW → 251° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
275° W
Minimum slant range
2.7 km
Heading at closest
195° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (80°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:30 (30.1 s)
Lock
83%

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
5.3 MB · 30.0 s · offset -0.8 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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