Here is another example of the gyroscopic principle put to work, and when you first see this, it seems counterintuitive.
Anyone who is remotely familiar with helicopters, will know what "cyclic" control sticks are...
..they are the joystick like things in front of each seat that control the roll and and pitch of the helicopter in flight; you push the stick forward, the main rotor tilts forward, and the helicopter tips forward, pulling it back or pushing it left or right tilts the main rotor in the appropriate direction and the helicopter responds accordingly.
However, what most people do not realise is that the controls are not physically connected that way to the main rotor. On the ground, with the main rotor stationary, if you push and pull the cyclic forwards and backwards, the main rotor will tilt left and right, and likewise if you push the cyclic left and right, the main rotor will tilt forwards and backwards. This is because the cyclic controls are connected 90° out of phase and in advance of the desired resultant force. Also, which way they are connected depends upon which way the main rotor will be rotating, e.g. looking down on the helicopter with the front to the top of the page, if the main rotor rotation is clockwise, and you want to tilt it forwards, the cyclic control must be connected in such a way that when you push it forwards, the control tries to tilt the rotor to the left (tries to push the left side down) so that the resulting gyroscopic force pushes down 90° in the direction of rotation, i.e. the front of the main rotor.