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