Yes that could be a good solution.
Thanks! I hadn’t realized that inertia was a problem. That explains some things.
It should be addressed by Asobo with some clever ideas to make the user interface more useable. I am proposing some of this for quite a while, but I seem to be the only one who wants a bit of relief.
(1) Zooming with the mouse wheel should only work with the right mouse button. Just like looking around only works with that button. That helps to accidentally zoom in instead of turning a dial.
(2) Once the knob starts turning it should keep turning as long as the wheel is moved and not stop if the mouse is moved just a little bit.
(3) Stacked knobs (many with a pushbutton on top) should have really large action zones so that all options can be easily found even in turbulence. It is no problem if they spread out two or three times the width of the knob. People get used to this.
There might be a lot of other ideas for that, like Shift- or Ctrl-Clicks which are unsued so far. I would also add numerical input optionally. But no developer seems to care about that stuff.
And of course: STOP THE TOOLTIPS, ASOBO!
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Here’s something for you for the tooltips.
Yes “sticky” mouse pointer over the knob while the wheel is used could be a solution.
Flight-1 developers had found another nice solution for their planes in FSX: hold click on the knob, then drag your mouse upwards or downwards to change frequency/heading.
Completely agree.
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I find this method has problems too - running out of mousemat just before you reach the required value…
That’s a misunderstanding. The turning should stop if (1) the wheel stops (2) the mouse moves away too far.
All good possible solutions! Imagine if you were flying a real plane and you couldn’t keep your hands on the knobs long enough to make a change, add to that when your hands slip off the knob you end up zooming in or out. Not immersive.
And it’s worse with a track-IR, because I have to keep my neck stiff as wood while I manipulate the knobs. 
For me the ultimate solution to pressing buttons and turning the knobs is 10" touch display with AirManager and Konbster.
You can also build your own button/rotary panel using Leo Bodnar’s cards.
The result - you can forget your keyboard and mouse, much more immersive.
If you need to stick to the mouse consider linking zooming to simultaneous mouse wheel pressing and turning only, it will not attempt zooming if you just turn the mouse wheel, without pressing on it first.
TrackIR pause works correctly after 1.9.3.0 update.
The SimIonic G1000 app does a pretty good job of handling the inputs. I use it on an iPad