01 What Starcraft publishes for the Launch Outfitter
Starcraft RV lists 7 Launch Outfitter travel trailers in its Launch Outfitter brochure (filed under 2019 on Starcraft’s own site; the brochure prints no year). Starcraft prints a dry weight for every one profiled here, and each has a page of its own. It prints a GVWR for every one too. It prints a net carrying capacity for 7; on the 7 that carry both that and a GVWR, the dry weight plus the carrying capacity equals the GVWR exactly on 7. (How the data is verified.)
02 Starcraft Launch Outfitter models
Starcraft Launch Outfitter · 7 models
| Model | Dry weight | Cargo (CCC) | GVWR | Tongue | Length | Sleeps | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch Outfitter 21FBS | 4,070 lb | 830 lb | 4,900 lb | 370 lb | — | — | Profiled |
| Launch Outfitter 20BHS | 4,695 lb | 1,105 lb | 5,800 lb | 455 lb | — | — | Profiled |
| Launch Outfitter 24RLS | 5,230 lb | 1,720 lb | 6,950 lb | 595 lb | — | — | Profiled |
| Launch Outfitter 24ODK | 5,550 lb | 1,700 lb | 7,250 lb | 655 lb | — | — | Profiled |
| Launch Outfitter 27BHU | 6,185 lb | 1,565 lb | 7,750 lb | 555 lb | — | — | Profiled |
| Launch Outfitter 283BH | 6,390 lb | 2,110 lb | 8,500 lb | 610 lb | — | — | Profiled |
| Launch Outfitter 31BHS | 7,550 lb | 1,300 lb | 8,850 lb | 840 lb | — | — | Profiled |
Read from Starcraft’s Launch Outfitter brochure (filed under 2019 on Starcraft’s own site; the brochure prints no year), 5 Nov 2026. “Not published” means the maker prints no figure; nothing is filled from another model, year or dealer.
03 Reading Starcraft’s figures
A maker’s published weight is for a base trailer; options and dealer-installed equipment add weight to any particular unit. The federal weight label inside the trailer carries its own unloaded weight, cargo carrying capacity and GVWR (49 CFR 567 and 571.120): read it on the unit itself before any towing decision.
05 Recalls
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns affecting this line. The earliest was reported 19 Jun 2017 and the most recent 4 Jun 2021.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2021 | 21V431000 | Equipment | Increased propane pressure can enlarge the flames in gas appliances, increasing the risk of a fire. |
| 24 Mar 2021 | 21V203000 | Equipment | A gas leak can increase the risk of a fire. |
| 19 Jun 2017 | 17V385000 | Equipment | An outlet that is not GFCI protected near a sink may increase the risk of an electrical shock. |
Coverage is not complete: this list is a starting point, not a clearance (how it is built), so check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy and again before you tow.
This count covers campaigns NHTSA files under the Launch Outfitter name only. Campaigns filed only under Starcraft’s separate Launch and Launch Ultra Lite series, and the Entegra Launch motor homes, are not counted here. One 2019 campaign (19V699000) names the Launch Outfitter in its summary but lists no Launch Outfitter vehicle; it is not counted here.
06 Owner-reported problems
A sweep of NHTSA’s complete complaint file — every safety-defect complaint NHTSA has received since 1 January 1995, matched on NHTSA’s own model field under every name this site publishes for the line — found no complaint naming this line. Treat that as no report found, not as a clean record: owners file under whatever name they were sold, and a newer or lower-volume line simply has fewer owners to file.
How this count is drawn. A report is counted here only when NHTSA’s own model field names this line. What the owner typed in the description is never used to attribute a report: our line names are ordinary English words, and an owner writing “imagine my surprise when the axle went” or naming the state of Montana is not reporting a Grand Design Imagine or a Keystone Montana.
Read these as reports, not as findings. Complaints are submitted by owners and NHTSA does not verify them; no complaint here has been confirmed as a defect, and none of them is a recall. The sample is also self-selected — only owners motivated to file appear in it — so a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Use the pattern, not the total: a component that keeps recurring is worth inspecting on any used unit. File or search complaints at NHTSA.