diff --git a/validation/data_validator.cpp b/validation/data_validator.cpp
index 983ec2a439..9498c4d4b5 100644
--- a/validation/data_validator.cpp
+++ b/validation/data_validator.cpp
@@ -70,17 +70,13 @@ DataValidator::~DataValidator()
 void
 DataValidator::put(uint64_t timestamp, float val, uint64_t error_count_in, int priority_in)
 {
-	float data[3];
-
-	data[0] = val;
-	data[1] = 0.0f;
-	data[2] = 0.0f;
+	float data[dimensions] = { val }; //sets the first value and all others to 0
 
 	put(timestamp, data, error_count_in, priority_in);
 }
 
 void
-DataValidator::put(uint64_t timestamp, float val[3], uint64_t error_count_in, int priority_in)
+DataValidator::put(uint64_t timestamp, float val[dimensions], uint64_t error_count_in, int priority_in)
 {
 	_event_count++;
 
@@ -93,7 +89,7 @@ DataValidator::put(uint64_t timestamp, float val[3], uint64_t error_count_in, in
 	_error_count = error_count_in;
 	_priority = priority_in;
 
-	for (unsigned i = 0; i < _dimensions; i++) {
+	for (unsigned i = 0; i < dimensions; i++) {
 		if (_time_last == 0) {
 			_mean[i] = 0;
 			_lp[i] = val[i];
@@ -176,7 +172,7 @@ DataValidator::print()
 		return;
 	}
 
-	for (unsigned i = 0; i < _dimensions; i++) {
+	for (unsigned i = 0; i < dimensions; i++) {
 		ECL_INFO("\tval: %8.4f, lp: %8.4f mean dev: %8.4f RMS: %8.4f conf: %8.4f",
 			(double) _value[i], (double)_lp[i], (double)_mean[i],
 			(double)_rms[i], (double)confidence(hrt_absolute_time()));
diff --git a/validation/data_validator.h b/validation/data_validator.h
index 59e4472983..8120fa6010 100644
--- a/validation/data_validator.h
+++ b/validation/data_validator.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 
 class __EXPORT DataValidator {
 public:
+	static const unsigned dimensions = 3;
+
 	DataValidator(DataValidator *prev_sibling = nullptr);
 	virtual ~DataValidator();
 
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ public:
 	 *
 	 * @param val		Item to put
 	 */
-	void			put(uint64_t timestamp, float val[3], uint64_t error_count, int priority);
+	void			put(uint64_t timestamp, float val[dimensions], uint64_t error_count, int priority);
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the next sibling in the group
@@ -147,7 +149,6 @@ public:
 	static constexpr uint32_t ERROR_FLAG_HIGH_ERRDENSITY 	= (0x00000001U << 4);
 
 private:
-	static const unsigned _dimensions = 3;
 	uint32_t _error_mask;			/**< sensor error state */
 	uint64_t _time_last;			/**< last timestamp */
 	uint64_t _timeout_interval;		/**< interval in which the datastream times out in us */
@@ -155,17 +156,17 @@ private:
 	uint64_t _error_count;			/**< error count */
 	int _error_density;			/**< ratio between successful reads and errors */
 	int _priority;				/**< sensor nominal priority */
-	float _mean[_dimensions];		/**< mean of value */
-	float _lp[3];				/**< low pass value */
-	float _M2[3];				/**< RMS component value */
-	float _rms[3];				/**< root mean square error */
-	float _value[3];			/**< last value */
-	float _vibe[3];				/**< vibration level, in sensor unit */
+	float _mean[dimensions];		/**< mean of value */
+	float _lp[dimensions];			/**< low pass value */
+	float _M2[dimensions];			/**< RMS component value */
+	float _rms[dimensions];			/**< root mean square error */
+	float _value[dimensions];		/**< last value */
+	float _vibe[dimensions];		/**< vibration level, in sensor unit */
 	float _value_equal_count;		/**< equal values in a row */
 	DataValidator *_sibling;		/**< sibling in the group */
-	const unsigned NORETURN_ERRCOUNT = 10000;	/**< if the error count reaches this value, return sensor as invalid */
-	const float ERROR_DENSITY_WINDOW = 100.0f; /**< window in measurement counts for errors */
-	const unsigned VALUE_EQUAL_COUNT_MAX = 100;	/**< if the sensor value is the same (accumulated also between axes) this many times, flag it */
+	static const constexpr unsigned NORETURN_ERRCOUNT = 10000;	/**< if the error count reaches this value, return sensor as invalid */
+	static const constexpr float ERROR_DENSITY_WINDOW = 100.0f; 	/**< window in measurement counts for errors */
+	static const constexpr unsigned VALUE_EQUAL_COUNT_MAX = 100;	/**< if the sensor value is the same (accumulated also between axes) this many times, flag it */
 
 	/* we don't want this class to be copied */
 	DataValidator(const DataValidator&);