Thanks, I did that and it's still stuck. I notice the area under the switch looks "burnt" and repaired. There seems to be a hole thru the body and some glue or epoxy sealing it. I'm guessing that does not look right. Maybe it's keeping it from coming apart. I've even tried prying it pretty hard with a screw driver between the yellow body and the black battery compartment, but it does not come out. The black plastic at the rear end for the magnetic drive for the prop looks glued on. Should it be? Is there any dissassembly here? Uploaded some pics. Thanks for any suggestions.