Originally Posted by
Fl1ingfrog
The torque is always there, as any tail wheel pilot knows. It is especially noticeable throughout the take-off phase when the pilot raises the tail.
A good experiment is to adapt a bicycle wheel (a handle on the axel) to use as a gyro. Spin it and attempt to change its plane of rotation, you will not find it easy but will learn a lot very simply.
Are you, perhaps in both examples, confusing torque with gyroscopic precession?