Starlink in Motion: The Ultimate Road Trip Hack!

Driving for hours on end through dead zones is so boring! Now you can bring along your Starlink as the ultimate road trip hack.
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[@BillyBork]

So excited for a Cerro Gordo video!!!😊

[@ruraltech101]

me too!

[@ramosel]

It's a phased array (PESA) antenna... It is electronically "aim-able" very similar in practice to the radar dish that sat in the nose of the fighters I flew... at Mach 2+. So yeah, your SUV at 30mph on a dirt road is no issue. Being in a canyon with walls on either side is more of a restriction than your speed. And remember, the Starlink satellites you are connecting to are moving around 17K mph - so your speed, even on a freeway, is negligible. The dish syncs and switches satellites seamlessly. Up until now, I hadn't considered putting Starlink on the RV... because I didn't want to penetrate the roof... but I'm going to have to look closer at this mount and reconsider.

[@SuperRede4u]

I guess that the long and short of it is that it's no different than Sat Nav or Sirius radio. If they work then there's no reason that Starlink won't barring a geo lock that would stop it.

[@BCarnes]

​@@SuperRede4umost of you sat radio is still "terrestrial broadcast"

[@x246813579]

I had this issue with my truck for 2 years trying to figure out how to mount it. Then i realized it should be able to go through my freaking fiber glass camper shell like it does through a radome. Saw someone has tried it out and it works. I am going to give it a shot next. I am not sure what RV roofs are made of but maybe its fiberglass?

[@PocketUnv]

This video has a wonderful "hold my beer"-vibe and I'm here for it!

[@jtderby]

That's a lot of trust in the window seals of that glass panel at highway speeds. I'd be more worried about the glass popping out before the suction cups giving up with all the aerodynamics at speed. I think I'd feel more comfortable with the magnetic mounts to the roof.

[@SuperRede4u]

Or mounted on suitable cross bars on the factory side rails.

[@timberthewolf733]

Always wanted to do this ever since Starlink came out. So cool.

[@NealNilsen]

Glad to see you out at Cerro Gordo, I hope your expertise will be put to great use.

[@Solanum.95]

Cool to see you at Cerro Gordo, excited for that video! 😀

[@kd7tqn]

yay! glad you made it out to Cerro Gordo!!

[@bizzfo]

I know where you’re at. Cerro Gordo mine

[@billwyatt2449]

I love this. Thanks for your effort.

[@johnabriggs6044]

Seems like a good improvement from your first field test on V One Starlink which failed to work a few miles from your home years back. but with 6k satellites in the sky, one would hope it would too. Several Sail boat on youTube have done the same crossing the Pacific ocean for about 1500 miles too.

[@soggywhineghost1888]

This is actually the TRIO SpeedMount and not the FlatMount, though they both mount flat. Great video on the install of the suction cups :)

[@OLDMANDOM42.Dominic]

NICE!! But you didn't mention if you enabled roaming/mobile on your Starlink account or not... ? It was to my understanding this would need to be done to move from a stationary setup.

[@dabigmack2]

he did in the first vid he released with the 3rd gen router

[@david_does]

I can attest that those suction cups are impressively powerful!

[@GroggRhine]

Hey, wait a minute, I recognise that background and Keeler looking area :) So Brent took you up on your offer, nice.

[@t3chrs]

Cerro Gordo?

[@AndrewPiercy]

Would it work if you mounted it inside on the sunroof? Assuming you could flip the cups so it still pointed toward the sky properly?

[@papirex4903]

Which type of plan are you using? Will you find any restrictions on that?

[@KonorSacks]

The answer is Yes. You would be surprised how well it works and says connected in some harsh conditions, I even know people who have them mounted on helicopters

[@Seba11PL]

Nice vid. Please tell us more about starlink plan. Asking beceause they made some in-motion restrictions.

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

Standard mobile regional plan. $150/mo.

[@Hurricane-John]

​@@CrosstalkSolutionsdont you need in motion activated for it to work? My understanding is it shuts off at any speed over 10Mph

[@mojavemafia]

Ooooooh, what did you set up for Brent? :)

[@rhoderzau]

Were you testing on a mobile priority plan or just hoping Starling won't disconnect for using it at speed?

[@mobiltec]

Isn't the Starlink service locked to a specific geographical area. Did they change that?

[@Bewefau]

I have a question about buying those dish's too. Lets say you do buy a dish for home internet, but lets say you want to travel so you buy a new dish for your car. If you want to use it on the road do you have too pay for 2 different connections ?

[@Bewefau]

This seems like a cool idea. Expensive but cool, I'd be worried about people stealing it in southern CA.

[@thatLion01]

Download speeds always great. This video is also great- but wait a weeks when those sucption cups fails and theres flying dishes all over the raods 😅

[@malianobrega5664]

What did you do about running the cable through the back window and having the window open the entire trip? Did you seal it off for weather issues? Please show more detail about that element.

[@Alphadog265]

what happens when your drivering through a wooded area, do you lose connection?

[@bravolatavera3647]

how is the IPv6 connectivity?

[@rivereagle5524]

Looks like you met up with Brett in Cerro Gordo

[@wuzuprocker]

Cerro Gordo 👍

[@lthemanl]

I'm assuming you didn't run into issues powering the unit, correct? I know the Sequoia has a 120v/400w outlet in the back, but you only get the full 400w when in park or neutral. When in drive, the wattage is reduced. Had a hard time finding out what it is exactly reduced to, but my 4Runner goes down to 100w. And I know some devices/appliances don't like it when your flipping back and forth between those two power outputs. No issues to report?

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

No power issues at all.

[@MikeCris]

RV Starlink plan?

[@bigusdallastexamas5740]

Is starlink letting the fixed location plan work as mobil or did you change the plan to specifically authorize the mobil service?

[@dabigmack2]

in his first 3rd gen vid he said he selected the mobile plan

[@guidoabade]

@@dabigmack2 to me is not that clear. One thing is mobile plan which allows you to use it pretty much everywhere but stationary. There's a mobility plan that allows you to use it in motion. They say they are using it with the mobile one, but to me, it's matter of time that platform will identify it and block usage.. maybe im wrong here.

[@mrxmry3264]

could you flip the whole thing around and mount it to the INSIDE of that glass roof? if that works, it looks like a better option to me.

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

Interesting idea!

[@natep121]

*Cough cough* Cerro *cough cough* Gordo!

[@HiresMerc]

Wild.

[@matthewwiemken7293]

Starlink works in orbit at 17,000mph so should be fine at 60mph on a road lol:)

[@nusermane1076]

My internet at home is even better because I don’t need a … “driver“ 🤭

[@nathanddrews]

Not too surprising. Last week's SpaceX Starship live stream used Starlink while travelling 17,000 miles per hour. 🤣

[@kneekoo]

- frame: $275 - suction cups: $200 It's mind-boggling that a plastic frame with 4 suction cups are priced nearly at the cost of the Starlink kit, which has a lot of hardcore electronics.

[@CedroCron]

I thought the Starlink service was locked to a specific geographical area. Did they change that?

[@mobiltec]

Ya that's my question too.

[@bigusdallastexamas5740]

Fixed location is $120 USD a month. Roaming is $150 as of this post. With the roaming service you can easily start and stop service anytime you like, so if you only use your RV in the summer time, you could quickly shut down service in the off months. He may well be using fixed service and they're allowing it to work anyway, but I certainly wouldn't depend on that if you really needed the connection.

[@mobiltec]

I have the RV service already. I know all about it. But I didn't know I could be MOVING with it on and working. They usually charge more for that service.@@bigusdallastexamas5740

[@Hurricane-John]

You didn't mention that you need in motion service acticated or it'll shut down at speeds over 10Mph

[@mobiltec]

Thats what I thought.@@Hurricane-John

[@d_must4309]

Has anyone tried this out at sea, on a boat?

[@malcolmjordan6775]

Works great, I work on Oil Tankers, my companies whole fleet has starlink.

[@MikeHarris1984]

That mount looks 3D printed. Is it??? For that price I would expect nylon mold injection

[@gregsutton2400]

and zero trees.

[@cyrilmamai8802]

)) man, ukrainian militaries using starlink gen 2 with 3d printed housings more than year for sea drones and comm vehicles in combat zone.

[@testy9890]

Would be great to do a video on bypassing the Starlink router, and direct plugging it into a Unifi Router. Some idea's: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ2of6B3ntCGh7M

[@KonorSacks]

I have it works alright

[@iblackfeathers]

i guess we can't blame you for getting that for free but $400 is not cheap.

[@notathome13]

Don’t take it off-road - starlink is so poorly made it will not survive the vibrations and flexing of rough dirt roads in Australia- antenna cracks and fails

[@KonorSacks]

Speak for yourself. We have them living on trophy trucks.

[@varlerian]

Bravo

[@lovedfriend2020]

That is called an SUV not a truck, lol

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

You must be fun at parties…

[@jonathansailer1473]

The only thing I can see as ‘Sporty’ might be the alloy wheels. 😂 Entertaining and information video as usual! Appreciate the real world usage of ‘in motion’ as I am considering it when traveling with a RV.

[@ryzlot]

Unprofessional standards using childish cartoon sounds.. SSSSSSWWWWWWWIIIIIISSSSSSHHHH / ZZZZZAAAAAAAPPPP to the dislike button jr