s.maelstrom

And that is just standing on the launchpad.

You can modify savefile config to put reentry heating to as high as you like. I personally set it to 280%. In persistent.sfs the line you're looking for is "ReentryHeatScale".

So is there a way to eliminate this problem? What causes it?

http://imgur.com/a/j0HEv Narrowed this issue down to this mod. 1.0.2, launch clamps keep respawning after liftoff, approx. every 10-12sec. They have collision too so they'd hit parts of the ship as seen in the flight log. My list of mods: http://i.imgur.com/TftkuTn.jpg

No you do not.

Having had a look through this thread, I don't think I am going to impress anyone with my SS, but here it is anyway: Started off trying to make something similar looking to the ISS, ended up strapping this array of SPs, it was a pain getting it there with FAR enabled though. Took me A LOT of tries.

Is there any real difference between ER-7500 and Chip#1 apart from the model?