diff --git a/include/radiotap.h b/include/radiotap.h
index ef08d7b..f0985f0 100644
--- a/include/radiotap.h
+++ b/include/radiotap.h
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ namespace Tins {
     
     /** 
      * \brief Class that represents the IEEE 802.11 radio tap header.
+     * 
+     * By default, RadioTap PDUs set the necesary fields to send an 802.11
+     * PDU as its inner pdu, avoiding packet drops. As a consequence, 
+     * the FCS-at-end flag is on, the channel is set to 1, TSFT is set to 0,
+     * dbm_signal is set to 0xce, and the rx_flag and antenna fields to 0.
      */
     class RadioTap : public PDU {
     public:
@@ -88,14 +93,16 @@ namespace Tins {
         /**
          * \brief Creates an instance of RadioTap.
          * \param iface The name of the interface in which to send this PDU.
+         * \param child The child PDU.(optional)
          */
-        RadioTap(const std::string &iface) throw (std::runtime_error);
+        RadioTap(const std::string &iface, PDU *child = 0) throw (std::runtime_error);
         
         /**
          * \brief Creates an instance of RadioTap.
          * \param iface_index The index of the interface in which to send this PDU.
+         * \param child The child PDU.(optional)
          */
-        RadioTap(uint32_t iface_index);
+        RadioTap(uint32_t iface_index, PDU *child = 0);
         
         /**
          * \brief Constructor which creates a RadioTap object from a buffer and adds all
@@ -297,6 +304,7 @@ namespace Tins {
                 ext:1;
         } __attribute__((__packed__));
         
+        void init();
         void write_serialization(uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t total_sz, const PDU *parent);
         
         
diff --git a/src/radiotap.cpp b/src/radiotap.cpp
index b18258e..6f1b4b9 100644
--- a/src/radiotap.cpp
+++ b/src/radiotap.cpp
@@ -30,14 +30,16 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 
 
-Tins::RadioTap::RadioTap(const std::string &iface) throw (std::runtime_error) : PDU(0xff), _options_size(0) {
+Tins::RadioTap::RadioTap(const std::string &iface, PDU *child) throw (std::runtime_error) : PDU(0xff, child), _options_size(0) {
     if(!Utils::interface_id(iface, _iface_index))
         throw std::runtime_error("Invalid interface name!");
     std::memset(&_radio, 0, sizeof(_radio));
+    init();
 }
 
-Tins::RadioTap::RadioTap(uint32_t iface_index) : PDU(0xff), _iface_index(iface_index) {
+Tins::RadioTap::RadioTap(uint32_t iface_index, PDU *child) : PDU(0xff, child), _iface_index(iface_index) {
     std::memset(&_radio, 0, sizeof(_radio));
+    init();
 }
 
 Tins::RadioTap::RadioTap(const uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t total_sz) : PDU(0xff) {
@@ -111,6 +113,15 @@ Tins::RadioTap::RadioTap(const uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t total_sz) : PDU(0xff) {
         inner_pdu(Dot11::from_bytes(buffer, total_sz));
 }
 
+void Tins::RadioTap::init() {
+    channel(Utils::channel_to_mhz(1), 0xa0);
+    flags(FCS);
+    tsft(0);
+    dbm_signal(0xce);
+    rx_flag(0);
+    antenna(0);
+}
+
 void Tins::RadioTap::version(uint8_t new_version) {
     _radio.it_version = new_version;
 }