11 hours ago, Bullox said:

This was a preliminary mockup while brainstorming. Not quite the same thing, but ....

What if instead of stopping you could choose to set the template to the left or right of the guides after you revealed your dial. "Precision flying" could be a mechanism built into some pilot's abilities or provided by an upgrade. It could only be utilized by an unmodified pilot skill of 8( or 9 even) or higher and for small ships only to keep it under control.