That's so true, it takes a lot of time! Especially with ships that have slopes into two directions. Was close to give up first, when I tried to build the battlecruiser. I guess Vaygr ships would have been easier. Well, at least frigates and smaller ;D
Yep, was thinking about that as well. My first bigger ship in Avorion had like 0.2 rad/sec and it drove me mad :D I have to agree, the feeling of commanding a large ship with less meanuverability is better. Would be cool, if there's an ingame slider that lets you change the max stats allowed.
By the way, just saw your Turanic Ion Array Frigate, very nice solution of the thrusters! I'm probably gonna copy that :D