Eugene Gluhareff Helicopters & Projects

[hesham]

Hi,

Mr. Eugene Gluhareff established a development company in 1952 to carry out research into pressure-jet powered light helicopters and aircraft,he designed MEG-1X,MEG-2X & MEG-3X,as a personal strap-on helicopter rig concepts,
followed by GS-12 & GS-14,a rotary-wing drones.

He also developed MEG-3X into Rotor-Car,and Tip-Jet helicopter,also a jet powered glider,the last was not from his invention,the EMG-300 was a light helicopter,the EMG-600 was single seat very light jet powered aircraft Project,maybe led or related to Bede BD-5,also Space Ranger.

http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/gluharev.htmlhttps://pdfslide.net/documents/jet-engine-plansg8-2-jet.html

 

[hesham]

And;

 

[hesham]

From Gluhareff Jets report,

here is an Air-Car Project of 1959.

https://www.otherhand.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Gluhareff-Jets.pdf

 

[hesham]

In my files;

there was also GS-17,but need confirm ?.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

a strange type,called EGX-3 ?.

https://rocketbelts.americanrocketman.com/other.html

 

[hesham]

Another Gluhareff patent.

https://www.poster-rama.com/product...reff-patent-art-poster?variant=12081384849481

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

You already posted this patent here in much better quality and from the original patent:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/sikorsky-aircraft-patents.2683/post-293193

 

[hesham]

OK,we can delete it.

 

[hesham]

From Aeroplane magazine 1957,

it's first time to know EGH-5X ?.

 

[fortrena]

The following may be of interest.

Eugene Michael Gluhareff (Evgeni Mikhailovich Gluharev?) was born in 1916 in Petrograd, today’s St. Petersburg. His family was one of many which left Russia as a result of the 1917 revolution.

Gluhareff became an aeronautical engineer who worked at the Sikorsky Aircraft division of United Aircraft during the 1940s. During the 1950s, he was with American Helicopter, where he worked on a collapsible and easy to assemble single-seat helicopter, the H-26 Jet Jeep, for the U.S. Air Force. He later worked with Rotorcraft where he worked on a "strap on" rocket-powered helicopter, the RH-1 Pinwheel, for the U.S. Navy. Sadly, neither of these was put in production. Like most if not all micro helicopters of the period, these two proved too complex for everyday use.

Anyone thinking that a pattern seems to be emerging here would be correct. Engineers can be affected by fads and fashions, just like other human beings. And thus it was that a desire to create a fully functional micro helicopter swept through the American aircraft industry of the 1950s. A person who caught the bug in a big way was Igor B. Bensen whose first powered autogiros flew in 1955-56.

Gluhareff was one of the main proponents of the micro helicopter concept, and a most original one at that. He pioneered the use of liquid propane, now commonly used by hot air balloon operators, as a fuel for the simple engines he designed to power his designs.

Interestingly, the rotor of Gluhareff's MEG-1X had only one blade. Although very light by common helicopter standards, that machine could still be quite a challenge to carry at close to 60 pounds without fuel. Gluhareff test flew the larger and heavier MEG-3X in early 1959.

Sadly, none of gluharaff's designs went beyond the prototype stage. Their creator, however, was nothing if not persistent. In the early 1990s, the 75+ year old engineer (successfully flight?) tested his final design, a single seat “flying motorcycle” known as the EMG-300.

Gluharaff passed away in 1994.

As of 2022, California-based Gluhareff Helicopters might, I repeat might, still be with us - a testament to the ingenuity and daring of its founder... http://www.gluhareffhelicopters.com/about-us/

 

[hesham]

In my files;

there was also GS-17,but need confirm ?.

There is no trace to it,but here's a nice report.

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA045375.pdf

 

[hesham]

From JAWA 1958-1959.

 

[GluhareffMN]

Greetings @hesham just wanted to say thank you for these posts. I am the granddaughter of E. Gluhareff.

I'm proud to share these with my kids and marvel at these details that unfortunately were not shared with everyone in the family.

It's clear now where I get my tenacity.

 

[hesham]

Welcome aboard GluhareffMN,

and it's pleasure to us to speak about great designer like Mr. Gluhareff.