Has anyone flown Carrier with leading edge slats? Zenith Aviation sells some STOL kit planes that have fixed LE flaps that are cleverly designed to give lots of help when the flaps are down and the AoA high, but which are placed so that no air flows in the slot at the design cruise AoA, thus generating almost no drag (well, almost no claimed drag -- you need to be careful with people who have fallen in love with an invention).
I'm wondering if it'd be something one could play with on a carrier plane.