Yes and yes, unfortunately I don't know anybody with another tx so I think I'll go the cheap route and replace the receiver first. I've a strong suspicion either the receiver or transmitter is faulty.
My son got a drone last xmas (a small indoor one) and he loved it so xmas just gone we got him an outdoor one, and he's been totally bitten by the flying bug, I used to build them from balsa wood when I was younger (had no such thing as foamboard then) so I want to build a couple Bloody Barrons out of foamboard so we can start fighting in the air as quads are not really conductive to air to air combat