Personally, I don't consider an in-flight x-fer oorp. limitations in the game mechanics force us to maintain a 'suspention of disbelief' & when it happens, I simply pretend I saw the beam.
That being said, I believe that it would be more realistic to refrain from doing an x-fer, & simply fly close & dump the stuff for scooping. that way, it gives the enemy the slim chance to destroy the bots/bats before they get to where the're going. (more risk=more excitement)
