diff --git a/src/AutoPilotPlugins/Common/RadioComponentController.cc b/src/AutoPilotPlugins/Common/RadioComponentController.cc
index 6e70cd4e6889639e3db97c723b0aa040e054fe15..827b11b55bd49693e130192c5fd9be744aa195f7 100644
--- a/src/AutoPilotPlugins/Common/RadioComponentController.cc
+++ b/src/AutoPilotPlugins/Common/RadioComponentController.cc
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ void RadioComponentController::_writeCalibration(void)
         _uas->stopCalibration();
     }
 
-    if (!_px4Vehicle() && _rgChannelInfo[_rgFunctionChannelMapping[rcCalFunctionThrottle]].reversed) {
+    if (!_px4Vehicle() && (_vehicle->vehicleType() == MAV_TYPE_HELICOPTER || _vehicle->multiRotor()) &&  _rgChannelInfo[_rgFunctionChannelMapping[rcCalFunctionThrottle]].reversed) {
         // A reversed throttle could lead to dangerous power up issues if the firmware doesn't handle it absolutely correctly in all places.
         // So in this case fail the calibration for anything other than PX4 which is known to be able to handle this correctly.
         emit throttleReversedCalFailure();