[Jersey_TA]

The wheels have absolutely nothing to do with the forward movement of the airplane other than fascilitating forward movement on the stationary runway. The thrust from the engines will push the plane forward and take off. Trust me, I'm in the airforce and work on planes.

When we run engines with the brakes set the plane will not move since the ground underneath is stationary and "holds" the plane in one spot. If the ground freely moves the wheels in the oposite direction, you take all the resistance away that holds the plane in place. It makes the original post very hard to understand. You have to think outside of traditional reasoning.

Just think about how a hovercraft works, no wheels. lol.