There were apparently more issues with our robot than we had previously thought. Today, we went through the massive tangled mess of wires in the center, removing old connections and testing all the controls. I discovered that the flag raiser spinner thing was connected to a different control port than the code had been using for a while.
We also continued our idea of using a capstand shaft. Re-purposing an axle, we mounted a motor on the front bar of the middle area, tied some string to it, and connected that string to the hanger bar. It has the disadvantage of not letting us get the bar back up if we put it too far down, but we tested it using someone's arm and it did hold! All we have left to do is get the string out of the way of the flag raiser, ziptie the wires to safe places, and do some practice driving!
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