Mythbusters - Anyone see something that will stop 6000 page threads?

[Dex]

the wheels may slip on ice, less friction, but, there is still some friction, so the plane can move forward and eventually take off. ice is not a moving surface… a treadmill is effectively keeping the plane in the same location by going in the opposite direction, and in the perfect (impossible example), at the same speed to offset the thrust.

do you realize that the thrust is completely independent of the wheels right? i have not taken physics nor have i taken higher level math…but logic tells me the wheels will spin twice as fast in the opposite direction when independent thrust (like maybe a jet engine) is applied.