Sure, but you get my point. Nowadays, most yoyos come with a centertrack, konkave, etc.
i think its quite obvious my throw is off plane when i attempt to do a 1.5 mount. I find that the yoyo never hits the top string to loop over first time i have to either do the trick in 2 halves or try mutliple loops to get it over. Whereas when i watch tutorials the yoyo just naturally pops onto the top string and loops over. Ive been practicing my 1.5 mount a tonne with buddas revenge loops and i can control the yoyo through the trick just the initial mount never lands.
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sounds like you are hitting the yoyo on your hand or string roughly when landing into the 1.5 mount. Beginners create a lot of friction on the string l. Over time, you will land it on plane and perfectly straight, giving you plenty of spin time. I wouldnāt worry about it.But for practice, just know that a split bottom mount is the front style equivalent to a 1.5 mount. Practice that one and see if you get better. Tip: you want to give yourself some give and space as you land in both mounts. Too much tension and the yoyo will bounce off or tilt
so a couple of things ive noticed not sure if this is an excuse though.
All tutorials ive seen say to measure the string length to be from your belly to the floor (yoyo touching the floor). Im quite short which leaves me with quite a short string. Ive struggled to have enough space to do more looped string tricks (double or nothing and one and a half mounts). So when the 1.5 comes round i find i cant let the string go lax so the yoyo either misses or hits the top string and kind of jerks over if that makes sense? I cant seem to get the yoyo to hit the string then smoothly flow over, it does it in a jerky or cumbersome motion.
I can do a split bottom mount quite well thats the first thing i learnt when learning the 1.5 and thats part of buddas revenge as well, i believe the final sequence takes you from split bottom to the 1.5
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I always pinch the string at my belly button above with two fingers and cut it off at my third finger. I suggest you do the same. Cutting right at belly button is too short in my opinion. You only want really short string for 5a.
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I followed that advice and used my belly button to determine length. As I got into more string tricks I started feeling like it just wasnāt enough string. I recently started cutting it between belly button and sternum and this has proved to be an ideal length for me. When lengthening your string pay special attention you donāt hit the floor with it.
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Im relatively short as well. I set the top of my loop 2 fingers above my belly button. Im new so sometimes I still hit the floor 
but shorter definitely seemed to give me other challenges
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i tried just a full length string out the packet and hit the floor a lot, i have a cheap plastic yoyo right now that i dont mind if it get dinks on but if i upgrade to a nice metal one i feel like ill need to be more careful. Which is another journey all together what metal yoyo to get hahaha
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Getting a yoga mat or weight lifting mat helps for peace of mind
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Correcting tilt mid trick is totally a thing. Not talking about pausing to correct and then moving on, but actively correcting tilt mid trick. I have a ton of tricks where the yoyo is just kinda hanging out on the string while i fling the CW around. Sometimes iāll get a bad throw and will need to correct, i do the trick as normal but with my hands every so slightly shifted in a way that will correct the tilt.
I have this one combo that tends to tilt my yoyo but once i get to the chopstick part, i play with the CW for a couple movements and while iām doing that, iāll just shift my hand that is current in a chopstick and itāll tilt the yoyo back to normal by the time my CW comes back to my hand.
Itās something you donāt really think about, it just comes with time.
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I am not the best, but whenever I land trapeze it never tilts really at any time, it might be because your yoyo does not have a lot of weight/substance to it.