Best way to stress test a re-entry?

[Jestersage]

What's the best way to stress test a re-entry from munar orbit? Should I go deep, or as shallow as possible?

I do have hyperedit.

[Superfluous J]

The best way to test is F5 when your Pe is near 30 or so Km over Kerbin. Then try re-entry. If you don't die, F9 and lower it a little. If you do die, F9 and raise it a little.

Hyperedit not needed, unless you want to use it to get up there in the first place.

[Norcalplanner]

Going deeper in the atmosphere will put greater G-loads on the craft, while a shallower reentry will put greater thermal stresses on the craft.  If you really want to stress test, then place a maneuver node a few thousand kilometers before hitting the atmosphere, then fiddle with the prograde and radial out handles until you end up with a node which burns all your remaining fuel while maintaining the same Pe.  It basically simulates an interplanetary reentry.

[Snark]

+1 to the above advice.

Or, "Just set Pe to about 30 km, that works well enough on Kerbin for pretty much any reentry by pretty much any kind of craft, as long as it's heat-shielded."

[Benjamin Kerman]

+2 to above advice.

even from interplanetary velocities, such as a direct return from Jool.