Doug wrote:

How about making the fan swivel to get out of the way of the >
airstream when it is no longer needed?                                  >

how about a fan that feathers like a cs prop?  only cost a few $K. ...but
eventually we'll come up with
a solution. Lots of ideas ,even silly ones like mine keep us creative . I think

 
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