diff --git a/EKF/common.h b/EKF/common.h
index e65b89c452..5954d619b0 100644
--- a/EKF/common.h
+++ b/EKF/common.h
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ struct parameters {
 	// synthetic sideslip fusion
 	float beta_innov_gate{5.0f};		///< synthetic sideslip innovation consistency gate size in standard deviation (STD)
 	float beta_noise{0.3f};			///< synthetic sideslip noise (rad)
-	float beta_avg_ft_us{1000000.0f};	///< The average time between synthetic sideslip measurements (uSec)
+	float beta_avg_ft_us{150000.0f};	///< The average time between synthetic sideslip measurements (uSec)
 
 	// range finder fusion
 	float range_noise{0.1f};		///< observation noise for range finder measurements (m)