RE: Does a turbine run better with inlet ducting
Imagine yout put your car into first gear and floor it. You have a rev limiter. Off you go up to the limit of the rev limiter, clearly.
Now get on the freeway, in overdive, much higher drag, hit the rev limiter again, this time.......the motor is clearly working harder.
RPM the same in both cases......
You have to disconnect the idea of RPM from power produced.