diff --git a/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc b/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc
index 93eb6755fcb46c0dfcf246af6719e58589d81a29..5b9b7b11afdfa7ec34dd38906453ed5ebef86440 100644
--- a/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc
+++ b/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ void QGCXPlaneLink::readBytes()
     bool emitUpdate = false;
     quint16 fields_changed = 0;
 
-    const qint64 maxLength = 1000;
+    const qint64 maxLength = 65536;
     char data[maxLength];
     QHostAddress sender;
     quint16 senderPort;