diff --git a/ArduPlane/ArduPlane.pde b/ArduPlane/ArduPlane.pde
index ec9b1641c10feba4933036870f677753a53a2eb1..5639330f7ffe91db1fedd21a670d7b9e52cf4b3e 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/ArduPlane.pde
+++ b/ArduPlane/ArduPlane.pde
@@ -242,8 +242,7 @@ static AP_Navigation *nav_controller = &L1_controller;
 
 static AP_HAL::AnalogSource *pitot_analog_source;
 
-// a pin for reading the receiver RSSI voltage. The scaling by 0.25 
-// is to take the 0 to 1024 range down to an 8 bit range for MAVLink
+// a pin for reading the receiver RSSI voltage. 
 static AP_HAL::AnalogSource *rssi_analog_source;
 
 static AP_HAL::AnalogSource *vcc_pin;
@@ -662,7 +661,7 @@ void setup() {
     // load the default values of variables listed in var_info[]
     AP_Param::setup_sketch_defaults();
 
-    rssi_analog_source = hal.analogin->channel(ANALOG_INPUT_NONE, 0.25);
+    rssi_analog_source = hal.analogin->channel(ANALOG_INPUT_NONE);
 
 #if CONFIG_PITOT_SOURCE == PITOT_SOURCE_ADC
     pitot_analog_source = new AP_ADC_AnalogSource( &adc,
diff --git a/ArduPlane/sensors.pde b/ArduPlane/sensors.pde
index 9b80f8ff6604e30c31441a1b865bd4104cd64922..8a128ae38b2ed5e0437d02ef9adf27d0c7dfd994 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/sensors.pde
+++ b/ArduPlane/sensors.pde
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void read_battery(void)
 void read_receiver_rssi(void)
 {
     rssi_analog_source->set_pin(g.rssi_pin);
-    float ret = rssi_analog_source->read_average();
+    float ret = rssi_analog_source->voltage_average() * 50;
     receiver_rssi = constrain_int16(ret, 0, 255);
 }