"The flying cars that are in development currently are largely mega-sized drones."

Mmmm, I'm not aware of any that are. The Terrafugia wasn't, but it has been abandoned apparently. The Samson Switchblade is a three-wheeled car with a pusher-prop design: https://www.samsonsky.com/models/

The three-wheel strategy is pretty smart, because the vehicle can be licensed as a motorcycle and doesn't have to have all the heavy safety equipment of a car.