What are the parts of a sled called

The chassis, the cockpit, the skid, the guard, the rudder, and the brakes.

The bobsled is a snow sport equipment that originated in Switzerland and became popular in Europe, North America and Asia. Originally made of wood, and later made of metal, the first open bobsled race was held in England in 1884, and in 1924 it was included in the first Winter Olympics, with two types of bobsleds: coxed bobsleds and coxless bobsleds.

Skulled bobsledding, is a rudder and steering wheel control of the collective winter sports program, its average speed of up to 90 kilometers to 100 kilometers, up to 120 kilometers, and its sled is made of metal.

History

The sport of bobsledding is divided into coxed and coxless bobsledding. Coxed sleds appeared in the 1880s. At that time, there is an American Dawu Xianta two single sled with wooden boards nailed together, the front is used to control the turn, the sled from the mountain sliding down the snowy road, caused great interest, which is the predecessor of the coxed sled.

The origin of the steered sled has been described in different ways, with one saying that it originated in Britain in the late 18th century, where a British man installed a flat-bottomed sled with a plate, and later, the new sled was fitted with a metal steering plate and a brake brake, making it what is likely to be the first steered sled in history.

Another theory is that it originated in Switzerland in the late 1800s, but evidence has since emerged that wooden bobsled racing was recorded in the US state of New York as early as around 1880.