I figured out the "tip to the side and pitch to turn" trick, as well as a fun loop da loop trick to line up with the runway. I wasn't able to land properly, but that was on me. A weird thing is that the yaw never really turned the plane. I'd start to move a little, but rubber band back to my prior heading when I stopped. I don't know if that was on purpose.
Definitely agree with varying starting positions with difficulty.