RE: Full scale hovering
U guys need to check out the "JUKA" JUrgis KAirys airplane.... 450 vedenejev engine it does hover, but he is not flying it right now at shows, he is working on a better engine for it.... and about Russian pilots being riskier..... a human life was very cheap back when they were doing test on the planes over there, so they are used to pushing the envelope without caring if someone dies.... in my opinion this is why we are using russian rocket technology now and samething with their jets...... they just don't care.....