brickparatrooper

I am new to this. I have always flown quads that come with a controller. I am getting into fpv and have invested in a taranis x7, goggles, and an eachine aurora 68 fpv quad-copter.
I am having some strange issues I cannot find the answer for. I have managed to bind the quad and the radio and set up the engage switch.
First:
When I bind it the radio repeatedly says "telemetry lost. Telemetry recovered" I found something on "team black sheep constant telemetry warning using frsky x7" (I cant post links so that should get you there in google) that says I need to set my baud rate or make changes to wiring. Is this related to my issue? how do I change my baud rate?
Second:
When I move the throttle slowly to take off the quad doesn't respond until it randomly shoots off and the motors stay at one rate of speed. then when I throttle down it ignores me. Its like the speed is delayed and incremental. When I hold it in my hand and slowly throttle up it will randomly start at 30% throttle (random example) then stay at 30% until it randomly goes to 70% (again, just random examples, it doesn't follow a pattern) and it is slow to respond when I throttle down. It will just keep going until it randomly hits full stop.

Are these issues related? Again, I'm new to this and need all the help I can get. Thanks ahead of time!
-brick