Here is a video of an airplane taking off on a treadmill. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbRcg3ji_Pc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbRcg3ji_Pc The crux of th

Here is a video of an airplane taking off on a treadmill. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbRcg3ji_Pc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbRcg3ji_Pc The crux of the issue is that no matter how fast the wheels spin in the opposite direction they exert almost no force on the airframe, thus failing to counteract the forward pull of the propeller.