Hi Joe123s,

We don't recommend that you use metallic tweezers to remove your battery. You should be able to remove this by simply pulling straight out on the battery wire.
In this case, I believe the radio should be sent in to be checked, the tweezers may have shorted something out inside and it is better to be safe than sorry.

I hope you find this information helpful. You can also reach our Futaba support technical team at 217-398-8970, or via fax at 217-398-7721.

Sincerely,
Krysta
Lead Futaba Customer Service and Programming Technician
Also you may want to check our Website at (http://www.futaba-rc.com)