> You could try dragging the non-landing-gear decoupler into stage 0 (you can do this > on the fly) and dumping the legs and side tanks. Maybe you could get off the ground > without breaking up and/or exploding. Maybe.
Good thinking, and a plan that had occurred to me. The risk of breakup being what it is, I decided to first experiment with extending/retracting the landing legs whilst mucking about with attitude controls. I managed to get the engine into a fire-able attitude for altitude, but hit the spacebar instead of shift when I tried to thrust. Dammit.
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