I have had the same issue…
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My last flights from EDDL to EKCH where a bit strange. The FP is generated via Simbrief. MEVE4T MEVEL Y850 BASUM MEGAR P605 GESKA Z711 MONAK MONA4C. (Altitude is FL 340). After requesting the FP via the PFP the FP is imported loaded and activated correctly, but without shown up the flightlevel/speed values in the legs page (except the ones related to the departure and arrival) even if the FL is set to FL340 at page 1. Therefore VNAV could be selected but it is useless.
Any comments are welcome.
Did you complete the full PERF INIT page in the FMC and execute it?
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Thanks for your response. I started directly on the runway and been quite shure that the mentioned procedure to initialize the flight in the FMC has been done. I will check it again later today. Again thanks for responding.
After checking it again, the legs pages shows up all altitude and speed values when setting the res. fuel value manuell even it´s 0.0.
Just bumping my previous questions - is there any kind of airline-specific option list out there so I know how to configure my selected jet (flight director style, do they use a HUD, etc, etc)?
And - is there a forward sunshade for the pilots? I can’t seem to find any clickspot in the cockpit for this.
Update arrived 1.0.4.1
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new updates 
Is anyone flying Zibo 737 and iFly regularly? I rarely need to use stabiliser trim in the MAX while in Zibo I use it more often than actual elevators. Hand flying iFly plane is so much easier, sometimes feels like flying A320 with flybywire. You point nose of the plane on flight director cross and it just stays there. I am not saying it’s wrong but feels a lot different to Zibo. Wonder why?
I’ve looked as well and I don’t think there’s a movable sun visor modeled. There is one option if you’ve got the HGS installed though: if you lower the combiner, and then click on it (anywhere in the middle of the glass) it’ll simulate installation of the sun shade that velcros on in the real airplane. Someone pointed that out to me when I was streaming it one night. They were asking if it was a bug, but when I tried it I could immediately see what they were simulating and I had to smile… It’s a nice touch. It’s not as useful as a movable visor, but it’s a fun little Easter egg.
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The iFly is hands-down the more accurate flight model. Really, it’s got to be one of the best airliner flight models for the sim, period.. but specifically for 737s it’s easily the winner. I find it to take a very realistic amount of trim. As one example, there is kind of a cadence to trimming through configuration changes that you learn after a while. So when you call for a flap setting, you’ll find yourself anticipating the trim requirement by rolling in roughly the correct amount of trim for that flap setting. The length of time you hold the trim switch down is different for each flap selection and I couldn’t at all tell you what these times are since it’s not something you’re consciously timing. But I noticed myself doing it with the iFly one day, and then noticed that it was working. I was tickled by that lol.
As far as general flight models for airliners go, remember: they’re designed specifically to be a stable platform, the easiest things to fly that have literally ever been built. Actually operating them safely, that’s a whole different matter of course, but the actual hand flying is the easy part. If any modern airliner is a handful to fly (as some are in the sim), that’s a great clue that they’ve got it wrong.
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Is this for the 2024 version as well?
NVM, looks like it is. Nice update by the iFly team!
I fly the Zibo alot and need to use stabilizer trim when hand flying the departure / arrival as much as use trim in the PMDG 737. The Zibo ‘MAX’ isn’t using the latest flight model btw (think it is over 6 months out) It is ostracised by Xplane community for it’s use of Zibo’s code without permission.
Super happy about this update — especially the fact that the bug listed under point 2, “Throttle Bug on Departure”, has finally been fixed for MSFS 2020 users too.
That issue caused a total loss of power in both engines right after takeoff for a few unlucky users.
One thing though: if you scroll back through this thread, you’ll see that when some folks reported the bug, a bunch of hardcore fanboys jumped in to deny it — just because they didn’t experience it themselves. They blamed it on user error or said it must be some kind of hardware issue.
Well… now it’s right there in black and white in the official iFly changelog!
As a software developer who has been in the industry for over 25 years, I gotta say — that kind of attitude is just not okay.
Every PC setup out there is different — hardware, software, add-ons, you name it. Every release is basically like stepping into the jungle. Just because something works fine on your end (or for most people) doesn’t mean it’ll work for everyone.
So let’s keep it fair, lose the fanboy glasses, and show some respect to folks who run into problems you might not have.
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I still can’t get the simbrief import to work. Reinstalling and setting exceptions for my antivirus didn’t help. still getting the uplink error in the FMC.
If there is anyone in here who had this problem too and fixed it, I would be happy for a step by step how you solved the problem. I am at a lost. There is some fun in programming the route, but sometimes I just like to import to get up in the air faster.
I was talking about Zibo 737 NG. I know these are two different generations of 737 but there should not be much difference between them in hand flying.
Since you mentioned PMDG, it flies more or less the same as iFly regarding the trim. I have not flown it for a while because MSFS is long gone from my system. It was last autumn when I bought XP12 and noticed how Zibo behaves differently to PMDG. I needed to relearn how to fly departures and approaches.
I had this problem because I entered my user name instead of Simbrief ID (numbers).
Alternatively you can set up Simbrief downloader like shown below, if you have Steam version of FS2024. The plane will read local files instead of downloading flightplan from Simbrief servers.
“Is this for the 2024 version as well?”
Install the new IFly Manager and it gives the option to install both updates for 2020 and 2024 so yes
I have had a similar problem (could not remember if it was with the 737max) which was solved after taking a look at my anti virus/ firewall software quarantine folder and reinstall the blocked file.