Yes, I'll mention the fluttering flag.
The "nutter" in question was Bill Kaysing, the first author to write formally about the moon hoax. He was in no way a photo expert, although he was able to convince a number of people that he was.
The hammering option for the flagpole came about after Apollo 11 discovered that it was harder than anticipated to drive a stake into the lunar surface. The top of the pole was too high for the astronauts to reach and hammer upon with their limited range of motion, so the engineers though to to separate the staff into two pieces. The top of the lower piece was at the optimum height to hammer. Then after using the hammer to drive it in, the crew could screw the top half into it. Some tent poles still work according to this principle.
The top beam folded down along the staff for carrying. To deploy the flag, the crew would rotate the beam upward on its hinge. When it was perpendicular to the staff, a spring-loaded latch would pop out and hold the beam upright. The beam also telescoped. On Apollo 11 the telescoping didn't work because the beam had been inappropriately anodized. That caused the inner and outer tubes to cold-weld and stick in a partially-extended position.
On Apollo 12 the latch mechanism failed to hold the beam horizontal, so it was redesigned with tighter tolerances and a broader latch area. From Apollo 14 onward there were no engineering changes to the flagpole.
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