Interestingly, all the 'bearings' in the AW169 tail rotor (flap/ pitch/ lead-lag) are elastomeric. I'm wondering whether, with no hydraulic pressure to the TR control servo, the TR blades would return to their 'neutral' position by themselves under the force of the elastomeric's wanting to return to their normal unloaded position? I could try it with a hydraulic rig sometime, but it wouldn't take into consideration any dynamic loads that would be there in flight.