Firstly, thanks for playing, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
We did actually have a demo where we did that, but what we found is that it was quite a lot harder, as you had less time to react to things. As it is now, if you see something you know you can be immediately out of the way, but with that as there was more time to turn, it felt more frustrating.
We are planning to revisit the idea though with other ship types!