The attitude of the AC depends on the relationship between CG/CP location, right? Would it matter on the attitude of the aircraft (make any difference to the tilted version) if the rotormast was regular, and the swashplate was tilted 5degrees more fwd..?
But, I`ll buy that one with you might run out of cyclic authority.
My thoughts around this is that the puma is a cruiser, and you want to have a swashplate with as little offset as possible during cruise to prevent vibrations and mechanical wear..? just a thought..