diff --git a/DroneSimulator/Drone.cs b/DroneSimulator/Drone.cs
index a6af941..302b389 100644
--- a/DroneSimulator/Drone.cs
+++ b/DroneSimulator/Drone.cs
@@ -63,15 +63,6 @@ namespace DroneSimulator
     private RealMode.Range RealRange = new RealMode.Range();
     private RealMode.OpticalFlow RealOF = new RealMode.OpticalFlow();
 
-    private uint TickCount = 0;
-
-    private uint Ticks()
-    {
-      uint tick = (uint)(Stopwatch.GetTimestamp() / Stopwatch.Frequency / 1000);
-      TickCount += tick;
-      return TickCount;
-    }
-
     public static byte[] getBytes(object data)
     {
       int size = Marshal.SizeOf(data);