yeah man that sucks. You can always put the fuse mod in. It's pretty handy and keeps things like that from happening most of the time. Also if you are handy with soldering, you can just solder in a new power mosfet on the tail channel, and you'll be as good as new without having to drop $45 bucks for a new 3 in 1.
here is the part
http://www.mouser.com/search/Product...key512-FDS8670