Flight


 * Robot-mode flight powers are a part of Transformer anatomy in the Generation 1 continuity family

Robot-mode flight powers are an innovative power that allows Transformers without a flight based alternate mode to fly while in robot mode. The Decepticons make good use of this power.

Sometimes the Autobots have them....sometimes they don't.

Generation 1 cartoon
Robot-mode flight powers were a technological innovation that allowed the Decepticons, who had just mastered the art of Transformation, to start a new war and battle the Autobots for supremacy of Cybertron. Their initial attacks were not a matter of public knowledge, and some Autobots, such as Orion Pax and Dion, admired them for their innovations. This admiration was ended when Megatron blasted Orion, Dion, and Ariel. It was to Megatron's detriment, however, for Alpha Trion rebuilt Orion and Ariel into Optimus Prime and Elita One.

Eventually, the Autobots also mastered robot-mode flight powers, and they used them to reach an oil rig which the Decepticons were plundering. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker also used robot-mode flight powers in their use of jet judo against seekers attacking the Autobot base.