How do I calculate the torque of precession for a spinning wheel?

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Is it just equal to the external torque acting on the spinning wheel?
 
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Im not sure of the actual name but a spinning object has a stabilising effect such as with the bike wheel experiment. How would i calculate the force required to overcome this stabilising ?