diff --git a/src/boards/Parafoil/Configs/FlightModeManagerConfig.h b/src/boards/Parafoil/Configs/FlightModeManagerConfig.h
index c7f1b9a56796a629a455e721cd6cb7a194c06566..bb1843eb73cdcd2de5a19debeb0e4d66a2a17a9e 100644
--- a/src/boards/Parafoil/Configs/FlightModeManagerConfig.h
+++ b/src/boards/Parafoil/Configs/FlightModeManagerConfig.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Copyright (c) 2022 Skyward Experimental Rocketry
- * Author: Federico Mandelli
+ * Author: Federico Mandelli, Angelo Prete
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@
 namespace Parafoil
 {
 constexpr unsigned int LOGGING_DELAY = 5 * 1000;  // [ms]
+constexpr unsigned int CONTROL_DELAY   = 5 * 1000; // [ms]
+
 }  // namespace Parafoil
diff --git a/src/boards/Parafoil/StateMachines/FlightModeManager/FlightModeManager.cpp b/src/boards/Parafoil/StateMachines/FlightModeManager/FlightModeManager.cpp
index 31788a9a03dc76e8effd45ffef01a525f6bf4235..14ba646b831eef0a6df872526de1ca2abe3734ab 100644
--- a/src/boards/Parafoil/StateMachines/FlightModeManager/FlightModeManager.cpp
+++ b/src/boards/Parafoil/StateMachines/FlightModeManager/FlightModeManager.cpp
@@ -346,16 +346,20 @@ State FlightModeManager::state_ready(const Event& event)
 
 State FlightModeManager::state_wing_descent(const Event& event)
 {
+    static uint16_t controlDelayId;
+
     switch (event)
     {
         case EV_ENTRY:
         {
             logStatus(FlightModeManagerState::WING_DESCENT);
-            EventBroker::getInstance().post(FLIGHT_WING_DESCENT, TOPIC_FLIGHT);
+            controlDelayId = EventBroker::getInstance().postDelayed(
+                FLIGHT_WING_DESCENT, TOPIC_FLIGHT, CONTROL_DELAY);
             return HANDLED;
         }
         case EV_EXIT:
         {
+            EventBroker::getInstance().removeDelayed(controlDelayId);
             return HANDLED;
         }
         case EV_EMPTY: