N29UB

MiG 29UB taxi at Bozeman, Idaho

Soviet era Fulcrum. Scramble has a good story about ownership of this aircraft. 

Pair of Fulcrums

Raptor Aviation has an ad posted offering the same aircraft for sale. Maybe it's the same aircraft. Maybe it's a different one. Maybe the post is obsolete.

First flew in the early 1980s. They built 1,600 of them. They might still making them.

Selected Specifications:

• Empty weight: 12 tons which is like 8 econoboxes
• Maximum speed: 1,500 MPH
• Guns: 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 autocannon with 150 rounds

It's got radar and rockets, but it's the gun that got my attention. Not something you think too much in this day of rockets. Bullets do have the advantage of being super cheap.

Su-35S fires it's 30 mm GSh-30-1 autocannon
Russian Armed Forces

Russia video on Facebook: 

THE CRUSHING POWER OF THE MIGHTY GsH-30-I AUTOMATIC CANNON

The gun has a rate of fire of 1,800 rounds per minute, but the aircraft only carries 150 rounds which is only enough for five seconds. That's 30 rounds a second. I think the idea is that you get the target lined up in your sights and you let loose a burst just tenths of a second long. With the way the aircraft move and the way targets move, if you fire a single shot it's a crap shoot whether that bullet will hit the target. When you are moving, your point of aim is also moving. If you let loose a burst and your line of sight crosses the target, then there is a good chance that you will actually hit the target.