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"The rear wheel is prevented from precessing by friction of the tires on the ground, and so continues to lean as though it were not...

The vertical axis torque exerted onto the gyro prevents any precession about the vertical axis. Two sources state that in this case, the...

In the case of a gyro and gravity, the torque required to prevent precession about the vertical axis, so that there is only precession...

"Gyro just falls" is a quote from the Caltech video. Since there is no horizontal component of precession, the torque related to gravity...

The new part is that the torque opposing precession coexists with zero net torque in the direction of change of angular momentum (the...

New to this thread: The law of torque versus rate of change of angular momentum still applies: the torque required to prevent precession...

It's not just at Phsyics Forums, as for example, this graph of the monthly question rate at stack overflow:

From Caltech Feyman Lecture Hall - "You'll also notice that if I stop its precession, it simply falls"". A slightly out of balance gyro...

The formula for torque equals rate of change in angular momentum still applies, but when precession is prevented, the rate of change in...