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UAL926 United

Boeing 787 9 · N36962 · SFO → FRA

· 0:59Quality 69nose/tail

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
70%
First lockfrom target selected
6.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.84° / 0.67°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.56° / 6.93°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
47.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.61°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.81°
Zoom steps
64

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL926
Registration
N36962
Type
Boeing 787 9 (B789)
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
FRA · Frankfurt am Main
Ground speed
186 kt
Altitude at closest
1,100 ft
Vertical rate
+2,048 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a43100

Pass geometry

Max elevation
82.1°
Elevation at start → end
0.1° → 12.1°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
30° NNE
Minimum slant range
365 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (6°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:59 (59.1 s)
Lock
70%

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
18.7 MB · 59.0 s · offset -1.5 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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