2027 AirstreamTrade Wind 27FB

The 27FB is the largest Trade Wind. Airstream publishes it for Model Year 2027 at 28 feet 2 inches long and 8 feet 5.5 inches wide, with a front primary bed (queen standard, twins optional), a two-piece mid-ship shower and lavatory, and a convertible booth-style dinette with a connected lounge. A rear hatch is available. Airstream lists it as sleeping up to five.

Its energy system is the largest in the line: 18.5 kWh of deep-cycle lithium batteries with built-in heating and cooling, a 6,000 W inverter, 600 W of roof solar with an interior monitor, and 50-amp shore power. It adds a second air conditioner, a 13,500 BTU dual-ducted unit with heat pump on 50-amp service, to the 15,000 BTU primary. In the same Airstream table the 2027 25FB lists 10.3 kWh, a 3,000 W inverter and 30-amp service.

Airstream publishes a 7,025-pound unit base weight (with LP and batteries) and an 8,300-pound GVWR, so the net carrying capacity is 1,275 pounds, and the two add up exactly. The hitch weight is 925 pounds. With the A/C and lift kit it stands 10 feet tall, so mind low clearances.

How the 27FB differs from the other two Trade Wind floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out. Not every one of these pages covers the same model years as this one (2027); each figure is the one its own page prints, so a rank compares pages, not one model year.

• Unit base weight, 7,025 lb: heaviest of three; next is the 25FB (6,300 lb).
• GVWR, 8,300 lb: highest of three; next is the 25FB (7,600 lb).
• Tongue weight, 925 lb: heaviest of three; next is the 25FB (725 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of unit base weight, 13.2%: largest of three; next is the 25FB (11.5%).
• Length, 28 ft 2 in: longest of three; next is the 25FB (26 ft 2 in).
• Cargo capacity, 1,275 lb: second-smallest of three, between the 23FB (650 lb) and the 25FB (1,300 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 15.4%: second-smallest of three, between the 23FB (10.3%) and the 25FB (17.1%).

Next to the 25FB (2025 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by unit base weight, the 27FB is 725 lb heavier by unit base weight, has a GVWR 700 lb higher, has 25 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 200 lb heavier and is 2 ft longer; the two publish the same exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

The current Trade Wind line — three dual-axle off-grid floorplans, each offered in queen or twin bedroom configurations. The 27FB on this page is highlighted.

A full 39-gallon fresh tank is about 324 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 25% of the Trade Wind 27FB’s 1,275 lb cargo capacity, leaving 951 lb. Across 3 Trade Wind floorplans the water share runs 25% to 47%, and 1 gives up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Trade Wind 25FB at 25% and Trade Wind 23FB at 47%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Trade Wind 25FB, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 28 ft 2 in vs 26 ft 2 in; unit base weight 7,025 lb vs 6,300 lb; GVWR 8,300 lb vs 7,600 lb; cargo capacity 1,275 lb vs 1,300 lb; hitch weight 925 lb vs 725 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Trade Wind 25FB is 700 lb lighter (7,600 lb GVWR).

All 3 Trade Wind floorplans: Trade Wind line hub.

Against the Trade Wind 27FB: the Forest River No Boundaries NB20.8 is 47 lb lighter and 4 ft longer; the Delta 262RB is 50 lb lighter and 1 ft longer; the Jay Flight 280BHK is 50 lb lighter and 6 ft longer.

13 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Trade Wind 27FB. Not published: sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning.

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