Thank you for playing our game! Hope you enjoyed it! Yeh I totally agree with a bunch of your points. The game is a bit on the long side, and the upgrades take a while to get, which is a shame. My full playthrough clocks in at around 2 hr. The player drone gets significantly stronger and agile towards the end of the upgrades, though. The RCS was intended to behave exactly as you say, but I'd say we've planned too much and it unfortunately got missed out in the end :( The tutorial is another victim as well. Should really find a place to put this info into the game as well.
Anyway, hope you still enjoy the game despite these issues!