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UAL1375 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N76533 · SFO → ?

· 0:52Quality 86quarteringturned left 50°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −83%). 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
5.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.11° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.29° / 0.34°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
6.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
9.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
37.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.11° / 0.13°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.63° / 0.64°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.59°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.62°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.71°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.64°
Zoom steps
39

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1375
Registration
N76533
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
266 kt
Altitude at closest
7,675 ft
Vertical rate
+3,200 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
aa56f8

Pass geometry

Max elevation
27.9°
Elevation at start → end
27.9° → 18.7°
Azimuth at start → end
254° WSW → 207° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
254° WSW
Minimum slant range
5.1 km
Heading at closest
204° SSW
Aspect at closest
quartering (49°)
Turn
turned left 50°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:52 (52.1 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
2026-10-16i — lock-first on; shadow silhouette sky-masked
Commit
5610684
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
7.6 MB · 52.0 s · offset -1.6 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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