I've tried launching a rocket with the booster, emptying the fuel from it, attaching the TT18-A Launch Stability Enhancer to it (to keep it on the pad through the launch sequence), I've even had my poor little Kerbal do an EVA from the top of the rocket, on the launch pad, while the engine was firing, and the Stabilitity Enhancer was attached ... More @Wikipedia
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