I've been teaching my boss to fly my micro recently and I've proved beyond doubt that making the sticks less sensitive doesn't stop over controlling by a newbie pilot. The reason is simple.....they don't wait that fraction of a second to see what's happening....if it doesn't happen RIGHT NOW, they give it some more. I found that it was actually counterproductive, because now that the sticks are less sensitive, they need MORE movement to counter the over control and it can't be done quick enough.

When we had the fly in in Gallatin TN last year, I had my first chance to talk to quite a few micro flyers at once and to swap set-up data etc.The one thing that came across was that almost all of them prefered my "Very Sensitive" set-up once they'd flown it and managed to hover steadier and for longer than with the less sensitive set-ups they were recommended to learn with.

I would say "Keep it as sensitive as you can and learn to move it less."