diff --git a/makefiles/config_px4fmu-v1_backside.mk b/makefiles/config_px4fmu-v1_backside.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1a42530b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/config_px4fmu-v1_backside.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+#
+# Makefile for the px4fmu_default configuration
+#
+
+#
+# Use the configuration's ROMFS.
+#
+ROMFS_ROOT	 = $(PX4_BASE)/ROMFS/px4fmu_common
+ROMFS_OPTIONAL_FILES = $(PX4_BASE)/Images/px4io-v1_default.bin
+
+#
+# Board support modules
+#
+MODULES		+= drivers/device
+MODULES		+= drivers/stm32
+MODULES		+= drivers/stm32/adc
+MODULES		+= drivers/stm32/tone_alarm
+MODULES		+= drivers/led
+MODULES		+= drivers/px4io
+MODULES		+= drivers/px4fmu
+MODULES		+= drivers/boards/px4fmu-v1
+MODULES		+= drivers/ardrone_interface
+MODULES		+= drivers/l3gd20
+MODULES		+= drivers/bma180
+MODULES		+= drivers/mpu6000
+MODULES		+= drivers/hmc5883
+MODULES		+= drivers/ms5611
+MODULES		+= drivers/mb12xx
+MODULES		+= drivers/gps
+MODULES		+= drivers/hil
+MODULES		+= drivers/hott/hott_telemetry
+MODULES		+= drivers/hott/hott_sensors
+MODULES		+= drivers/blinkm
+MODULES		+= drivers/rgbled
+MODULES		+= drivers/mkblctrl
+MODULES		+= drivers/roboclaw
+MODULES		+= drivers/airspeed
+MODULES		+= drivers/ets_airspeed
+MODULES		+= drivers/meas_airspeed
+MODULES		+= modules/sensors
+
+#
+# System commands
+#
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/eeprom
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/ramtron
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/bl_update
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/boardinfo
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/i2c
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/mixer
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/param
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/perf
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/preflight_check
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/pwm
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/esc_calib
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/reboot
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/top
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/tests
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/config
+MODULES		+= systemcmds/nshterm
+
+#
+# General system control
+#
+MODULES		+= modules/commander
+MODULES		+= modules/navigator
+MODULES		+= modules/mavlink
+MODULES		+= modules/mavlink_onboard
+MODULES		+= modules/gpio_led
+
+#
+# Estimation modules (EKF / other filters)
+#
+#MODULES		+= modules/attitude_estimator_ekf
+MODULES		+= modules/att_pos_estimator_ekf
+#MODULES		+= modules/position_estimator_inav
+MODULES		+= examples/flow_position_estimator
+
+#
+# Vehicle Control
+#
+#MODULES		+= modules/segway # XXX Needs GCC 4.7 fix
+#MODULES		+= modules/fw_pos_control_l1
+#MODULES		+= modules/fw_att_control
+#MODULES		+= modules/multirotor_att_control
+#MODULES		+= modules/multirotor_pos_control
+#MODULES		+= examples/flow_position_control
+#MODULES		+= examples/flow_speed_control
+MODULES 		+= modules/fixedwing_backside
+
+#
+# Logging
+#
+MODULES		+= modules/sdlog2
+
+#
+# Unit tests
+#
+#MODULES 	+= modules/unit_test
+#MODULES 	+= modules/commander/commander_tests
+
+#
+# Library modules
+#
+MODULES		+= modules/systemlib
+MODULES		+= modules/systemlib/mixer
+MODULES		+= modules/controllib
+MODULES		+= modules/uORB
+
+#
+# Libraries
+#
+LIBRARIES	+= lib/mathlib/CMSIS
+MODULES		+= lib/mathlib
+MODULES		+= lib/mathlib/math/filter
+MODULES		+= lib/ecl
+MODULES		+= lib/external_lgpl
+MODULES		+= lib/geo
+MODULES		+= lib/conversion
+
+#
+# Demo apps
+#
+#MODULES		+= examples/math_demo
+# Tutorial code from
+# https://pixhawk.ethz.ch/px4/dev/hello_sky
+#MODULES		+= examples/px4_simple_app
+
+# Tutorial code from
+# https://pixhawk.ethz.ch/px4/dev/daemon
+#MODULES		+= examples/px4_daemon_app
+
+# Tutorial code from
+# https://pixhawk.ethz.ch/px4/dev/debug_values
+#MODULES		+= examples/px4_mavlink_debug
+
+# Tutorial code from
+# https://pixhawk.ethz.ch/px4/dev/example_fixedwing_control
+#MODULES			+= examples/fixedwing_control
+
+# Hardware test
+#MODULES			+= examples/hwtest
+
+#
+# Transitional support - add commands from the NuttX export archive.
+#
+# In general, these should move to modules over time.
+#
+# Each entry here is <command>.<priority>.<stacksize>.<entrypoint> but we use a helper macro
+# to make the table a bit more readable.
+#
+define _B
+	$(strip $1).$(or $(strip $2),SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT).$(or $(strip $3),CONFIG_PTHREAD_STACK_DEFAULT).$(strip $4)
+endef
+
+#                  command                 priority                   stack  entrypoint
+BUILTIN_COMMANDS := \
+	$(call _B, sercon,                 ,                          2048,  sercon_main                ) \
+	$(call _B, serdis,                 ,                          2048,  serdis_main                ) \
+	$(call _B, sysinfo,                ,                          2048,  sysinfo_main               )
diff --git a/src/modules/fixedwing_backside/fixedwing.hpp b/src/modules/fixedwing_backside/fixedwing.hpp
index 3876e46301..567efeb359 100644
--- a/src/modules/fixedwing_backside/fixedwing.hpp
+++ b/src/modules/fixedwing_backside/fixedwing.hpp
@@ -255,13 +255,13 @@ private:
 	BlockWaypointGuidance _guide;
 
 	// block params
-	BlockParam<float> _trimAil;
-	BlockParam<float> _trimElv;
-	BlockParam<float> _trimRdr;
-	BlockParam<float> _trimThr;
-	BlockParam<float> _trimV;
-	BlockParam<float> _vCmd;
-	BlockParam<float> _crMax;
+	BlockParamFloat _trimAil;
+	BlockParamFloat _trimElv;
+	BlockParamFloat _trimRdr;
+	BlockParamFloat _trimThr;
+	BlockParamFloat _trimV;
+	BlockParamFloat _vCmd;
+	BlockParamFloat _crMax;
 
 	struct pollfd _attPoll;
 	vehicle_global_position_set_triplet_s _lastPosCmd;