diff --git a/src/lib/wind_estimator/WindEstimator.cpp b/src/lib/wind_estimator/WindEstimator.cpp
index ee6c6c9ed8..93602d75a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/wind_estimator/WindEstimator.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/wind_estimator/WindEstimator.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ WindEstimator::initialise(const matrix::Vector3f &velI, const float hor_vel_vari
 	}
 
 	_wind_estimator_reset = true;
+	_time_initialised = hrt_absolute_time();
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -94,10 +95,14 @@ WindEstimator::update(uint64_t time_now)
 	const float dt = (float)(time_now - _time_last_update) * 1e-6f;
 	_time_last_update = time_now;
 
+	// if airspeed scale is at default (1.0) and we are in the first 5 minutes of flight time, multiply _tas_scale_psd by 100 for faster learning
+	const float tas_psd_multiplier = (fabsf(_scale_init - 1.0f) < FLT_EPSILON && (time_now - _time_initialised < kTASScaleFastLearnTime)) ?
+					 kTASScalePSDMultiplier : 1.f;
+
 	matrix::Matrix3f Qk;
 	Qk(INDEX_W_N, INDEX_W_N) = _wind_psd * dt;
 	Qk(INDEX_W_E, INDEX_W_E) = Qk(INDEX_W_N, INDEX_W_N);
-	Qk(INDEX_TAS_SCALE, INDEX_TAS_SCALE) = _tas_scale_psd * dt;
+	Qk(INDEX_TAS_SCALE, INDEX_TAS_SCALE) = _tas_scale_psd * tas_psd_multiplier * dt;
 	_P += Qk;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/wind_estimator/WindEstimator.hpp b/src/lib/wind_estimator/WindEstimator.hpp
index dbdf854da9..b69ee9cb85 100644
--- a/src/lib/wind_estimator/WindEstimator.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/wind_estimator/WindEstimator.hpp
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ private:
 	uint64_t _time_last_airspeed_fuse = 0;	///< timestamp of last airspeed fusion
 	uint64_t _time_last_beta_fuse = 0;	///< timestamp of last sideslip fusion
 	uint64_t _time_last_update = 0;		///< timestamp of last covariance prediction
+	uint64_t _time_initialised = 0;         ///< timestamp when estimator is initialised
+
+	static constexpr float kTASScalePSDMultiplier = 100;
+	static constexpr hrt_abstime kTASScaleFastLearnTime = 300_s;
 
 	bool _wind_estimator_reset = false; ///< wind estimator was reset in this cycle