stable but for me still bad design

I have been working for almost 25 years exclusively with Manfrotto. Since I bought a smaller Cullmann tripod and even called an old super stable small Manfrottokopf without Schnellwechselplatte my own was needed, the adapter plate included. The board may not fit on the larger 141 RC but reversed because of a recess. This would be effected through an exchange only the plate on larger system solvable but ...

Because of this recess I can not put rotated 180 degrees, the camera on the adapter. But if I'm working with a 3D Panhead hits me head on before I either far down or up the camera / move his head. I would then each camera on the ground loosen the plate, rotate it 180 degrees and tighten again. Ei, ei, ei that is bad. This is easily on my 25 year old 141 RC.

What went 25 years ago with absolute stability and no longer is a bad design, a real throwback