IIRC
The Hover Stop is fixed at 82 degrees relative to the engine centreline.
The engine centreline is set a 1.5 degrees nose up relative to the aircraft longitudinal axis.
The pitch attitude in a still air hover is 6.5 degrees nose up.
Adding the above angles together gives us 90 degrees.
Lifting the nozzle lever and moving it further aft can take the nozzles to the Nozzle Braking Stop, which is at about 100 degrees relative to the engine centre line. This can be used to slow the aircraft when approaching the hover. This may be the observed phenomena which leads to the idea that the nozzles are slightly forward in the hover.
Last edited by keith williams; 6th Feb 2019 at 13:16.
Reason: Brain fade.