The Gluhareff Pressure Jet (or tip jet) is a type of jet engine that, like a Valveless pulse jet, has no moving parts. It was invented by Eugene Michael Gluhareff, a Russian engineer who envisaged it as a power plant for personal helicopters and compact aircraft such as Microlights.
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