Anyone try an electric clutch?

New guy here. Have been mentally building an airboat for awhile, and have entertained the idea of using an electric pto/lawnmower clutch on a lawnmower engine. Engine mounted below a driven prop shaft, clutch on engine. Thinking this would give me a "neutral", if you will, so that one could dock or stop, leaving the engine running, but the prop not turning.
It would definitely need multiple v-belts, or a cog-type drive belt, that would probably require a custom made pulley.

Googled example here; https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LY9YBFP...a-349392609969

Just wondering if anyone has tried it and failed or succeeded.

Roger

Hello and welcome to the site Roger...A low mounted engine would definitely be more stable...And the electric clutch would be a great idea...I'd pick out the one that would take the most amount of torque..

There's a company in Utah (Mud Buddy) that used an electric clutch on their special outboard motors. These motors run upwards of 70 hp.

Thanks for that, BB. I'll have to contact them and ask how it worked out, and what type drive they used.

Roger