Hi, I speak only regarding 109 as the only heli with wheels I have on my types, I wouldn't be too afraid about the wheel being turned wile u retract the landing gear, as mention above, when u lift off the shock will extend and automatically turn the wheel straight due to a shaped mechanism that any time the shock fully extend ( means no weight so u in the air ) will move the wheel straight.
As far as my experience it's more important on landing to have the wheel lock, once u lower the collective it helps a lot to keep the heli steady and not jerking left right wile u apply pedals.
Ohh by the way, whatch out gps speed coze shimming its a pain in the a.. if u take a taxiway light at more then 20 kts with the lock off 🤦🏻*♂️