Thank you for the really good in depth description topend.
So the bearings are the only thing connecting the blade to the rest of the rotor head? I figured that the bearings weren't actually holding the blade against the centrifugal force to keep them from flying away, just allowing them to rotate.
So what signs would there be before catastrophic failure(R22)? Would you be able to feel it when you to the cyclic and collective checks(moving the collective and cyclic around before start). Any inflight signs etc.