01 What makes it unique
The 28RB takes the same 28-foot shell as the 27FB and flips it end for end. Putting the bedroom at the rear turns the front of the trailer into one open, window-wrapped living and galley space — the brightest, most social front end in the line at this length.
It's the plan for buyers who spend their waking hours in the main cabin and want a private, closed-off bedroom to retreat to at night. The galley is larger than the front-bedroom layouts allow, and the rear bath sits alongside the bedroom rather than splitting the hallway.
Weight lands almost exactly where the 27FB does — 5,900 pounds dry, 7,600 GVWR, 860 on the hitch — so the tow-vehicle math is the same: a capable mid-size or full-size truck with weight distribution. Tank capacities (39 fresh, 37 grey, 35 black) are well balanced for a couple or small family taking longer trips.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 28 ft 2 in
- Exterior width
- 8 ft 5 in
- Exterior height
- 9 ft 7 in
- Interior height
- 6 ft 7 in
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 5,900 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 7,600 lb
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 860 lb
- Net cargo capacity
- 1,700 lb
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 39 gal
- Grey water
- 37 gal
- Black water
- 35 gal
- LP / propane
- 2 × 30 lb
Running gear
- Axles
- 2 · torsion
- Tire size
- ST225/75R15
- Brakes
- Nev-R-Adjust
- Chassis
- Hand-painted
Systems
- Air conditioning
- 13,500 BTU
- A/C type
- Heat pump
- Refrigerator
- 8 cu ft · 12V
- Solar
- Pre-wired
- Shore power
- 30 amp
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 6
- Primary bed
- Rear Queen
- Bed option
- Twin beds
- Bath
- Rear, alongside bed
- Dinette
- Front lounge
Verified specs, drawn to scale
Original graphics built from this floorplan’s own verified figures.
Loaded weight budget
Size, drawn to scale
Holding tanks
These graphics are generated from the same verified record that builds the table above, and are published under this site’s own licence — nothing here is traced from, or derived from, a manufacturer drawing or photo. Where a figure is not published for this plan, the graphic that would need it is omitted rather than estimated. The full record is in the published dataset.
What it takes to tow this
Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.
We do not publish tow ratings for specific trucks. A single model can vary by thousands of pounds depending on engine, axle ratio, cab, drivetrain and package — the only authoritative figure is the one on your own door jamb. Loaded tongue percentages are industry convention for travel trailers (10–15% of loaded weight), not a measurement of this unit. Hitch classes are not used here as a rating: SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR and does not define Class V, and capacity boundaries differ between manufacturers — read the rating stamped on your hitch. On this plan the convention band’s low end fell below the published dry figure, so the range starts at the published dry weight instead — loaded is never lighter than dry.
03 Flying Cloud floorplan family
The current Flying Cloud line — five floorplans from a 23-foot couples' layout to a 30-foot family bunk build. The 28RB on this page is highlighted; each other plan links to its own profile.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Bedroom | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23FB | 23 ft | Front | 4 | Lightest; U-dinette, rear bath |
| 25FB | 25 ft | Front | 6 | Best-seller; convertible lounge |
| 27FB | 28 ft | Front | 5 | Walk-around queen + side lounge |
| 28RB | 28 ft | Rear | 6 | Rear bedroom, larger galley |
| 30FB Bunk | 31 ft | Front | 8 | Family bunks; sleeps 8 |
Most plans also come in a Twin-bed configuration sharing the parent shell. Four 2025-and-earlier layouts (25RB, 26RB, 30FB Office, 30RB) were discontinued for 2026 and are documented separately.
04 What owners & reviewers report
Bright front living
Moving the bedroom aft opens the whole front of the trailer into a window-wrapped lounge and galley — the most spacious-feeling front end at this length.
Private bedroom
The rear bedroom closes off from the living space, a layout couples and small families tend to prefer over the open front-bedroom plans.
Balanced tanks
At 39/37/35, capacities suit longer trips without the front-bedroom plans' compromises — a practical everyday hauler.
Real tongue weight
860 lb on the hitch and 7,600 lb loaded means a capable truck and a weight-distribution hitch, the same as its 27FB sibling.
05 How it compares
Shorter and a touch lighter, front bedroom with a convertible rear lounge — less galley and no dedicated rear bedroom.
Adds bunks, a second A/C, and capacity for eight, at 800 lb more dry weight — a full-size-truck family trailer.
Same length and weight, but front walk-around bed instead of rear — open lounge vs. a bed you can circle.
06 Loading it for a trip
This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 39-gallon fresh tank is roughly 19% of the 1,700-pound cargo capacity, leaving the Flying Cloud 28RB with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.
| Weight budget | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Cargo capacity as published (CCC) | 1,700 lb | Everything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings. |
| Fresh tank filled (39 gal × 8.34 lb) | −325 lb | Water is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first. |
| Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank | 1,375 lb | 19% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded. |
| Per sleeping position, water aboard | 229 lb | A rough share of what is left across the 6 berths this plan sleeps. |
The published dry tongue weight of 860 pounds is 15% of the 5,900-pound dry weight, which sits inside the 10–15% band usually quoted for stable towing. It is still a dry figure: loading the front pass-through and the fresh tank both push it up.
Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 7,600-pound GVWR the Flying Cloud 28RB is towing 1,700 pounds more than its 5,900-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.
Tank balance is generous here: 39 gallons of fresh against 37 grey and 35 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Ranked by GVWR, the Flying Cloud 28RB sits 4 of 5 in the Flying Cloud line: 7,600 pounds against a line that runs from 6,000 to 8,800 pounds. That position is the useful thing to know, because the plans immediately either side of it are the real alternatives.
Either side of it in the same line: Flying Cloud 27FB matches it exactly at 7,600 lb GVWR; and Flying Cloud 30FB Bunk is 1,200 pounds heavier at 8,800 lb GVWR.
1 other Flying Cloud plan shares this floorplan’s 7,600 lb GVWR, so the ranking above separates plans that tow to the same ceiling. On a shared chassis the figure that actually differs between them is cargo capacity and where the weight sits, not the rating.
| Comparable travel trailers | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Cloud 28RB | 7,600 | 5,900 | 6 | 28 ft 2 in |
| Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite 242BARV | 7,600 | 5,772 | 4 | 28 ft 10 in |
| Campsite Ultra 19KB | 7,600 | 5,158 | — | 22 ft 4 in |
| Classic Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian LE 28RB | 7,600 | 6,800 | 4 | 28 ft 2 in |
| Coachmen Freedom Express Ultra Lite 22MLS | 7,600 | 5,602 | 4 | 26 ft 10 in |
| Globetrotter 27FB | 7,600 | 6,258 | 6 | 28 ft 2 in |
| Hideout 25RDS | 7,600 | 6,122 | 6 | 29 ft 5 in |
Against the Flying Cloud 28RB: the Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite 242BARV sleeps 2 fewer; the Campsite Ultra 19KB is 6 ft shorter; the Classic Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian LE 28RB sleeps 2 fewer. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.
Those are the nearest travel trailers from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.
For scale, the Flying Cloud floorplans profiled here run 5,000 to 6,700 pounds dry and 24 to 31 feet of exterior length across 5 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.
Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Flying Cloud line hub.
08 Common questions about the Flying Cloud 28RB
How much does the Flying Cloud 28RB weigh?
It leaves the factory at 5,900 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 7,600 pounds. Real towing weight lands between the two and depends entirely on what you load. Use the GVWR when matching a tow vehicle; the dry figure is only useful for comparing floorplans against each other.
How much can the Flying Cloud 28RB carry?
Cargo carrying capacity is 1,700 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring. Filling the 39-gallon fresh tank uses about 325 pounds of that.
What is the tongue weight of the Flying Cloud 28RB?
The published dry tongue weight is 860 pounds. It is measured empty; loaded, it runs higher, and it comes out of your tow vehicle’s payload rather than its tow rating.
What size tow vehicle does the Flying Cloud 28RB need?
Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 7,600 pounds — this floorplan’s GVWR — and enough payload left over for the hitch load, passengers and anything in the bed. This site does not publish tow ratings for specific vehicles, because one truck model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The figure that governs is the payload sticker on your own door jamb.
How many people does the Flying Cloud 28RB sleep?
It is rated to sleep 6. Rated sleeping positions include convertible furniture, so count the beds against how you actually travel rather than against the number.
What are the tank capacities on the Flying Cloud 28RB?
Fresh 39 gallons, grey 37 gallons, black 35 gallons. Tank sizes set how long the floorplan can sit away from hookups, and the smallest of the three is what ends the stay.
How long is the Flying Cloud 28RB?
Exterior length is 28 ft 2 in. Measure against your site length and your storage before committing — the exterior figure is the one that has to fit, and it includes the tongue or pin box.
Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 16 of them for the Flying Cloud 28RB. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.
Not published for this floorplan: slide count, awning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.
The completeness figure at the foot of this page (92%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.
How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.
11 NHTSA safety record
This floorplan belongs to the Flying Cloud line, and NHTSA holds 14 recall campaigns and 7 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.
Too few reports to show a pattern. 7 complaints have been filed on this line — not enough to say what fails most often. They cover electrical system, structure, equipment, tires and unknown or other.
Reports that name the 28RB
1 of those record name this floorplan specifically rather than the line as a whole.
| Type | Date | Reference | What it says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recall | 12 May 2021 | 21V345000 | A draft can cause the flame to enter the non-sealed cabinet, increasing the risk of a fire. |
Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Flying Cloud line page.