Hehe, that sort of made sense. Think of it this way, the cooling head has still been raised at several points (same with the whole engine, parts of it will be raising its CG until a certain angle is approached)
EDIT: you already said this. Sheesh, today is a bad day for me.
My guess is that there are no "square" cooling fins on the bottom of the crank case, so it can rotate without raising the crank case. Therefore, the CG of the engine should be lower at a lesser angle, vs a square crank case which will need to be raised first and tilted even further to lower the CG. Capisce? Probably not, pics would make it easier...
Just to clarify, I am not arguing about the design, I am sure it will work fine.
And no, your not a "big ol jerk." I found my lack of communication disturbing also
