Thread: Handedness

As wrong as it sounds, a person's "weak" hand is better for fine control, while his "strong" hand is better for gross control. Ever notice how a pilot controls the planes throttle with his strong hand and steers with his left?

True, so true. My weak, left hand has more finesse in it than my heavy hammer right hand. Besides training my weak, non dominant left eye to be dominant when I shave the left side I'm working on how to make my right hand think it is a feather in terms of pressure applied. I'm at 50-50 to date.

I'm the same way. My shaving motion just seems more comfortable in my non-dominant hand. I use less pressure and am smoother. Odd isn't it?!?

Same here!! It's the oddest thing but I get such better control with my left hand

Originally Posted by BDRebel

As wrong as it sounds, a person's "weak" hand is better for fine control, while his "strong" hand is better for gross control. Ever notice how a pilot controls the planes throttle with his strong hand and steers with his left?

While I agree that one's weak hand can be better for some things (I shave better with my "off" hand), I don't think that your aircraft generalization holds.

That observation really only applies to planes with a control layout that's conducive to using one's hands that way. Single seat military aircraft typically have the throttle quadrant on the left, so that leaves the stick to the right hand. In tandem seat commercial aircraft, the throttle quadrant is located between the seats; this means that the pilot operates the throttles with his/her right hand, while the co-pilot uses his/her left hand on the throttles. Many civil aircraft place the throttle quadrant centrally on the dash, which obliges the pilot to operate it right-handed.

I don't really do any ATG with my off hand but I have noticed that I tend to hold the razor at a slightly different angle with that hand. It makes a little bit different sound when going WTG.