title_body: Learning how to fly a 3" quad
upvoted_answer: Throttle scaling is not training wheels so don't feel back about using it.  It's never fun to fly a quad with a throttle that is too touchy.  
  
  Another option is throttle expo which you can turn on in the rates area of Betaflight.  Find the hover point for the quad and set that to be the center of your throttle curve. Then add some expo to soften the rate and give you some more resolution at the hover point.  
  
  Also keep in mind that with a 3" inch size, matching your motor kV and battery cell counts are very important. If your motors are up at 6000kv area you probably want to stay with 3s batteries.