diff --git a/src/BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btCapsuleShape.cpp b/src/BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btCapsuleShape.cpp
index 75679dbac..1c464772c 100644
--- a/src/BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btCapsuleShape.cpp
+++ b/src/BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btCapsuleShape.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ subject to the following restrictions:
 
 btCapsuleShape::btCapsuleShape(btScalar radius, btScalar height)
 {
+	m_upAxis = 1;
 	m_implicitShapeDimensions.setValue(radius,0.5f*height,radius);
 }
 
@@ -147,20 +148,22 @@ void	btCapsuleShape::calculateLocalInertia(btScalar mass,btVector3& inertia) con
 
 }
 
-btCapsuleShapeX::btCapsuleShapeX(btScalar radius,btScalar height)
-{
-	m_implicitShapeDimensions.setValue(0.5f*height, radius,radius);
-}
+btCapsuleShapeX::btCapsuleShapeX(btScalar radius,btScalar height)
+{
+	m_upAxis = 0;
+	m_implicitShapeDimensions.setValue(0.5f*height, radius,radius);
+}
 
 
 
 
 
 
-btCapsuleShapeZ::btCapsuleShapeZ(btScalar radius,btScalar height)
-{
-	m_implicitShapeDimensions.setValue(radius,radius,0.5f*height);
-}
+btCapsuleShapeZ::btCapsuleShapeZ(btScalar radius,btScalar height)
+{
+	m_upAxis = 2;
+	m_implicitShapeDimensions.setValue(radius,radius,0.5f*height);
+}
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btCapsuleShape.h b/src/BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btCapsuleShape.h
index a830ec036..06fd2b7be 100644
--- a/src/BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btCapsuleShape.h
+++ b/src/BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btCapsuleShape.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ subject to the following restrictions:
 ///the total height is height+2*radius, so the height is just the height between the center of each 'sphere' of the capsule caps.
 class btCapsuleShape : public btConvexInternalShape
 {
+protected:
+	int	m_upAxis;
+
 protected:
 	///only used for btCapsuleShapeZ and btCapsuleShapeX subclasses.
 	btCapsuleShape() {};
@@ -47,19 +50,20 @@ public:
 		return "CapsuleShape";
 	}
 
-	virtual int	getUpAxis() const
+	int	getUpAxis() const
 	{
-		return 1;
+		return m_upAxis;
 	}
 
-	virtual btScalar	getRadius() const
+	btScalar	getRadius() const
 	{
-		return m_implicitShapeDimensions.getX();
+		int radiusAxis = (m_upAxis+2)%3;
+		return m_implicitShapeDimensions[radiusAxis];
 	}
 
-	virtual btScalar	getHalfHeight() const
+	btScalar	getHalfHeight() const
 	{
-		return m_implicitShapeDimensions.getY();
+		return m_implicitShapeDimensions[m_upAxis];
 	}
 
 };
@@ -71,27 +75,14 @@ class btCapsuleShapeX : public btCapsuleShape
 public:
 
 	btCapsuleShapeX(btScalar radius,btScalar height);
-	
-	virtual int	getUpAxis() const
-	{
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-		//debugging
+		
+	//debugging
 	virtual const char*	getName()const
 	{
 		return "CapsuleX";
 	}
 
-	virtual btScalar getRadius() const
-	{
-		return m_implicitShapeDimensions.getY();
-	}
-
-	virtual btScalar	getHalfHeight() const
-	{
-		return m_implicitShapeDimensions.getX();
-	}
+	
 
 };
 
@@ -102,25 +93,13 @@ class btCapsuleShapeZ : public btCapsuleShape
 public:
 	btCapsuleShapeZ(btScalar radius,btScalar height);
 
-	virtual int	getUpAxis() const
-	{
-		return 2;
-	}
 		//debugging
 	virtual const char*	getName()const
 	{
 		return "CapsuleZ";
 	}
 
-	virtual btScalar getRadius() const
-	{
-		return m_implicitShapeDimensions.getX();
-	}
-
-	virtual btScalar	getHalfHeight() const
-	{
-		return m_implicitShapeDimensions.getZ();
-	}
+	
 };