Sky-sled

This article is about the small flying scooters. For the large aircraft, see skysled.

Sky-sleds are a Transformer vehicle from the Generation 1 continuity family.

It actually plays the first few bars of 'Dixie' when he does that.

A Sky-sled is, well, a sled that skies. It has no wheels. A Transformer can fly them through the air. While standing on it.

Their capability for dangerous speed is favored by younger riders.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

During Unicron's attack on Cybertron, Nightbeat, Siren, Jazz, and Hot Rod were seen riding sky-sleds into battle. Siren rear-ended Jazz. And Hot Rod, well look at the picture above to see him almost knock off Nightbeat's head! On the Edge of Extinction!

Later, Optimus Prime would use a sky-sled to travel through space from the Warworld to Twilight to have a word with Jhiaxus. Though the crew of Twilight picked up Prime on their monitors, Jhiaxus allowed Prime to reach his ship. A Rage in Heaven!

IDW Generation 1 continuity

He took it out of its package! Oh noes!

Impactor used a sky-sled in the Wreckers' mission to rescue Xaaron from the Sonic Canyons, just before slamming the sky-sled into a drilling platform. Ironfist, the Wreckers' unofficial biographer, managed to purchase most of the sky-sled for four thousand creds and one of his eyes. Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2

That sky-sled was seen on display in Ironfist's lab at the Kimia Weapons Facility. Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4 Unbeknownst to anyone else, Ironfist also hid the sole remaining sample of his secret shame Gideon's Glue inside the sky-sled. His supposed friend (and murderer) Skyfall would later uncover it and use it to commit suicide when his crimes were uncovered. Bullets