EV: Nova does that. It ends up not working all that well- either you're zoomed in tight enough you can't see much (and get shot from off-screen) or you're zoomed out so far you can't make out detail.
You can adjust the top-down view distance, though. What you want is to adjust these lines
code:
Viewing Distance Side := 10
Viewing Distance Overhead := 50
Viewing Distance Above Behind XY := 10
Viewing Distance Above Behind Z := 5
for any ship you'd care to use that with.