diff --git a/src/ui/flightdisplay/QGCFlightDisplay.cc b/src/ui/flightdisplay/QGCFlightDisplay.cc
index 1a480861b532903c302a3debd7f3b26a9659bafe..bdd40b9b1dbbd0c28670d36684494bdf961c7dc1 100644
--- a/src/ui/flightdisplay/QGCFlightDisplay.cc
+++ b/src/ui/flightdisplay/QGCFlightDisplay.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ This file is part of the QGROUNDCONTROL project
 #include "QGCFlightDisplay.h"
 #include "UASManager.h"
 
-#define UPDATE_TIMER 100
+#define UPDATE_TIMER 500
 
 const char* kMainFlightDisplayGroup = "MainFlightDisplay";