Shroud jettison bug shakes my engines off?

[THX1138]

I have four nuclear engines connected to one of those structural adapters that connects four small engines to one large fuel tank. When I jettison the shrouds/activate the engines, some shroud pieces get stuck between the engines and shake around until parts of the ship fall off. I'd like that not to happen.

[Tex_NL]

A common (beginner) error. Rotate your engines 45 degrees in order for the shrouds to clear the engines when ejected.

[THX1138]

Are you sure? I don't see how this is my error. I just took the engine and stuck it on. This is going to take a long time to fix on this ship.

There's a total of 20 engines and they've got stuff attached underneath. If only I could rotate them without rotating the crap underneath.

Edited January 19, 2015 by THX1138

[worir4]

If you quicksave right after you jettison the stage and then quickload the shrouds vanish and then you should be okay as long as it isn't the force of the panels flying off that breaks your ship.

[Majorjim!]

You don't need the shrouds. Even with a stock install you can get rid of them completely:

So you dont have to bother repeating the technique here is a subassembly of shroudless engines including the nuke.

Subassembly of shroud-less engines

MJ