RE: Catalina problems
Make sure your battery is fully charged.
Also try each channel separately as I indicated above.
Sometimes WiFi signals will also swamp the RX and cause what you are seeing.
I have several WiFi routers in my house and I often have to remember that with 72mHz I can see strange results because of this.
You may want to take the plane out to an area away from any WIFi and hook everything up.
Then do a range test with the plane on the ground.
Don't be tempted to fly it until everything looks good.
You can easily replace a bad receiver, etc... but as often said, planes don't fix themselves in the air!