Engine rotation
Originally Posted by KCS
Not all of them do.
If you use the elusive "search" feature, it may reveal some interesting theories....
If you use the elusive "search" feature, it may reveal some interesting theories....
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Because the vast majority of people are right handed.
Wait, what?
Here, I'll explain:
Drill bits and screws are designed to be turned clockwise because your right hand offers more strength turning that direction. These tools existed long before the motors that powered them, so obviously these motors needed to be designed to use these pre-existing tools.
There are a few exceptions of car engines that spin the wrong way, but generally you can expect every engine to be able to drill a hole with a normal drill bit if you stuck one on the output of it.
Wait, what?
Here, I'll explain:
Drill bits and screws are designed to be turned clockwise because your right hand offers more strength turning that direction. These tools existed long before the motors that powered them, so obviously these motors needed to be designed to use these pre-existing tools.
There are a few exceptions of car engines that spin the wrong way, but generally you can expect every engine to be able to drill a hole with a normal drill bit if you stuck one on the output of it.
Oval Track Racing Hi, the main reason is Oval Track Racing, the direction RH/LH.
A Boat, Twin Engines, use BOTH rotation directions "one counter" engine AND the other "standard" in many cases.
The early inventors may have observed a clock or a sun dial.
Lance
A Boat, Twin Engines, use BOTH rotation directions "one counter" engine AND the other "standard" in many cases.
The early inventors may have observed a clock or a sun dial.
Lance
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Random silly *** theory... You don't have to go back many years at all, to find where folks thought left hand was evil, whether it was your actual left hand or other stuff.. Especially different cultures..
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