LV-N stack decoupler problems.

[Colonel_Panic]

I'm having some issues using LV-Ns with stack decouplers. Namely that when the engine activates, the side panels blow off explosively and destroy any other part of the ship near the engine.

Is there any decent workaround for this? I really need to use a stack decoupler for my LV-N core, and unfortunately there's really no way for me to accomplish this without it being surrounded on all sides by more engines and fuel tanks.

[Giggleplex777]

You have to quicksave (F5) and then quickload (F9) after you decouple (don't activate the engine). This will remove the engine shroud.

Edited May 15, 2013 by Giggleplex777

[Atanar]

If they are covered, they need space besides them when activated. Blocking does not help. Try to place them so they have no side panels.

[Temstar]

You could attach your payload to the booster rocket "upside down" so that the nuke engines are pointing up at launch. Then at payload release spin the spacecraft around before firing up their engines.

[samstarman5]

If you don't mind modding parts, I would suggest modding a copy of the T-30 engine to perform as the LV-N. That way you should get the shroud that slides off the end as opposed to separating in half.

[SecondGuessing]

I've taken to putting a set of armour plates in between whatever you're trying to protect and the LV-N. For example,

The shroud does get stuck there, but it protects the solar panels perfectly, and all you have to do to remove the stuck fairing is despawn the model (go to the tracking station or go to a ship more than 2.2 miles away).

[Giggleplex777]

No one seems to have noticed my first reply?