diff --git a/ArduCopter/motors.pde b/ArduCopter/motors.pde
index 3e1f5e2fea..36eff7d7af 100644
--- a/ArduCopter/motors.pde
+++ b/ArduCopter/motors.pde
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 #define ARM_DELAY 10	// one second
 #define DISARM_DELAY 10	// one second
-#define LEVEL_DELAY 120 // twelve seconds
-#define AUTO_LEVEL_DELAY 150 // twentyfive seconds
+#define LEVEL_DELAY 70 // twelve seconds
+#define AUTO_LEVEL_DELAY 90 // twentyfive seconds
 
 
 // called at 10hz