Kent Surrey Sussex air Ambulance AW169 landing and take off from Edenbridge

following on from the previous video. this helicopter was replacing G-KSST that left to return back to base. this was the old Lincolnshire air ambulance but is now being used by the Kent Surrey Sussex air ambulance.
this is a Agusta Westland AW169 helicopter with the REG G-LANC
after completing its mission the great team then departed the area as shown

[@paramedicchrisbookseries]

Well done on this clip

[@ryanwilson3662]

lovely catch!

[@nickmaguire5104]

Great video.

[@ramperryan]

Thanks!

[@DT-ge8gd]

Q. for all the aw169 pilots out there... (firstly, gotta say... geez he locked the rotors on shutdown hard !!...) now the question, why were the rotors not turning when he had well and truly spooled up the left engine? They weren't turning until the second engine was lit !! Never seen that before with ANY twin engine heli. That's got to be bad surely...? Every single startup I've ever seen, single or twin, the rotors are turning the second that first/only engine is going. Can someone explain...? Cheers.

[@ramperryan]

So for the first question
Thats normal for the AW169 as they use the rotor bake to bring the rotors to stop when attending incident or having to leave the aircraft quickly, or when its unsafe to leave them to naturally spool down.
Second question
The AW169 is liked a lot by the air ambulance organisation because it has a APU function where the left engine can be disconnected from the gear box to act as a power source for the helicopter and its medical equipment. Without the need or danger of having the blades moving. They always start the left engine and bring it to ground idle. then they start the right engine which is permanently connected to the drive gear box. So once they are at ground idle. The helicopter will connect left engine too the gear box through the clutch and then the pilot can raise the helicopter to flight idle. Being very powerful as a Helicopter of its size its very good at its job.
Hence why in the uk a lot of operators choose the AW169