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Old 2nd Feb 2019, 06:24
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Easy Street
 
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I thought that too... an oddly-phrased question.

Hovering = no lift and no drag to compensate for.

Transitioning to the hover = some lift and some drag, but you want to stop so no compensation needed. Fine adjustment of deceleration uses coordinated pitch and throttle control; coarse adjustment uses coordinated nozzle and throttle control.

Transitioning out of the hover = some lift and some drag, but you want to accelerate so an aft thrust vector is used anyway.

Slow speed jet borne flight = some lift and some drag. A small aft thrust vector (about 8 degrees off the vertical IIRC) maintained a steady 50kts.
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