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How many more moving parts than a conventional turbofan? Maybe four gears and a rotor?
Uh all of those blades, including the fixed ones, are variable pitch. Every single blade has several precision moving parts
This thing looks like it has less moving paths than a normal turbofan... Look at cutouts of the CFM56, easily available online.